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Alien and imported labor 102 



Indians and Aleuts . 102 



Education of natives 104 



Introduction 



Salmon industry 



Federal control of fisheries 



General methods 



Trap fishing 



Trap sites 



Method of closing traps 



Purse seining 



Haul or beach seining 



Gill netting 



Other fishing methods 



Markers at stream mouths 



Close season districts 



Weekly close season 



Waters exempted from weekly closing 



Methods of canning 



Government inspection of cannery product . 



Do-ovcrs 



Mild curing 



Power-boat trolling 



Salmon salteries 



Closing streams to commercial fishing 



Obstructions in streams 



Natural enemies of salmon 



Halibut industry 



Codfish industry 



Herring industry 



Use of food fish for fertilizer and oil 



Whaling industry 



Trout 



Taxation 



Collection and use of taxes 



License tax on gear 



Districts for patrol system 



Vessels 



New vessels required.-. . 



Pay of officers and crew. 



Albatross 



Hatchery work 



Private hatcheries 



Government hatcheries. 



More hatcheries needed. 



Marked fish 



Disregard of fisheries laws . . . 



Enforcement of the laws 



Labor questions 



Resident fishermen . . 



Pollution 



Utilization of cannery waste 

 Fur-bearing animals 



Control of fur-bearing animals 



Protective seasons 



Effect of existing laws on natives 

 Propagation of fur-bearing animals 



Fox farms 



Island fox farms 



Intensive (corral) fur-farming 



Illegal fox farming 

 Aleutian Islands Reservation 



Need of a warden 

 Pribilof Islands 



Natives 



Natives' houses 



Native beer and liquors 



Schools 



Wages, supplies, and rations 



Occupations 



Official records 



New offices and salaries 



Physicians 



Hospital stewards 



Need for a temporary dentist 



Officers' quarters 



Janitor service 



Seal meat 



Foxes 



Reindeer 



Possibility of cattle raising 



Roads for St. George Island 



Supply ship 



Aerial cable for unloading ships 



Lighters for unloading ships 



Midwinter supply ship 



Landing regulations 



Conclusions 



Addresses to natives 

 Some needs of Alaska 



Charting and lighting Alaska's coast 



Are the fishing interests to leave the United States?. 



Coal and supply base 



Government wharf 



Wireless station at Unga 



Reindeer 

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Recommendations ..................................... 



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