The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-26
ON PRIBIL OFS ARE
 SHOWN, REPORT

Sealing operations at the Pribilot Islands in 1883, resulted in the take of 54,550 skins, of which A. 448 were from St. Paul Island and 10,l02 from St. George Island. This is an increase of 5,214 over the number taken in the previous year. On St. Paul Island 35,746 seal-skins were blubbered before being salted. Practically all the killings were of 3-year-old male seals, and a sufficient reserve of this age class was left for breed ing stock, says Gov. John w. Troy in his annual report recently is sued.
 The annual computation of the fur-seal herd was made as of August 1e. 1883, after the comp,e- tion of the commercial killing op- erations. There were l,318,568 anil mals of all ages and classes, an increase of 98,6o7 over the com puted number in the preceding year. Two public auction sales of sealskins from the Pribilof Islands were held by the Governments selling agents at St. Louis, Mo, and 591 Pribilof Islands sealskins were disposed of at special sales in the fiscal year 1884.
 At the sale on August 28, 1883, there were sold 24,476 Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins for total gross price of $469, ,761.5O Of these, l8,047 dyed black brought S32,l11.75, 6192 dyed logwood brown brought S137 ,590.50 and 237 miscellaneous unhaired and raw-salted-brought $59.25.
 At the sale of April 30, 1884, 28,101 furseal skins taken on the Pribilof Islands were sold for a gross price of $575,041.25. Of these l7,617 dyed black brought $332,5s8, 1O039 dyed logwood brown brought $241 ,33750, and 445 miscellaneous skins-unhaired, dressed, and raw salted-brought $1,10575.
 The 591 sealskins sold at special sales during the year-which con- sisted of 431 dyed black, 145 dyed logwood brown, 2 raw-salted, and l3 specially prepared skins for ex- hibition purposes-brought total of $13,550.48. These special sales of sealskins were authorized by the Acting Secretary Of Commerce.
 There were also sold at public auction 1,l19 blue and g white fox skins taken on the Pribilof Islands in the seasons~of 1932-33. At the August sale 560 blue pelts were sold for $16.329.50, an aver- age of $29.16, and g white pelts were sold for $496, an average of $22.55 each. The remaining 559 blue pe1ts were sold at the April 1894 sale for $l9,967.50, an average of $35.72 per skin.
 In the season of 1933-34 there were taken on St. Paul Island PA blue and B white fox skins, and on St. George Island TOO blue and ? white skins, a total of s14 blue and 25 white fox skins.
 No changes were made in the regulations for the protection of fur seals and sea otters. On June i6 an act was passed repeating the law prohibiting the killing of sea lions in Alaskan waters. The new act provides, however, that these animals shall not be killed except under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce, so as to prevent the extinction of sea lions as a species of interesting sea life in the waters of Alaska. A new edition of the circular containing the regulations pertaining to wal ruses and sea lions, dated July l, 1884, continues in force the regu- lations that have been in effect for a number of years with regard to the killing of these animals.
 Construction work at the Prlbi- Iof Islands in the fiscal year 1884 was on a very limited scale because of the lack of funds. On St. Paul Island the boat ways at the east landing were completed and a dock was built at the west landing. Work was begun on three dwell