360 ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



In pursaauce of iustnictiou.s dated May 2, 1892, the tnoney was taken and counted, 

 and the three sacks were found to contain $3,344.10, and it was divided among the 

 natives as follows : 



To the priest ' $200.00 



To 188 persons, $16. 12 each 3, 030. .56 



To 7 orphans, $16.22 each : 113. .54 



To 196 persons 3, 344. 10 



The money was immediately spent for clothing, of which most of the people were 

 very much in need. 



natives' earnings. 



The natives' earnings amounted to $2,520.50, which was divided among them 

 according to the usual classitication, as per instructions dated May 2, 1892; and I 

 herewith inclose a detailed statement. (See Exhibit D.) 



ORDERS. 



Previous to tho division of earnings I found it necessary to issue weekly orders 

 to the natives for food and clothing, which at the end of two months amounted in 

 the aggregate to $1,925.78. The stubs of these orders have already been handed you. 



As soon as the division of earnings was made I stopped the issuing of orders and 

 told the men that so long as they had money of their own the Government would 

 not pay their bills. 



In ail my intercourse with the natives I have endeavored to impress upon them a 

 sense of the value of time and money, and to make them understand the difference 

 between the energetic man, who takes pride in working for what he receives, and the 

 lazy, shiftless fellow, who prefers to be a pauper. 



When it became necessary to feed them at Government expense and to issue orders 

 for supplies, I opened an account with each sealer and made him debtor for tho 

 orders given him, and I gave him credit at the rate of 15 cents per hour for every 

 hour's work done. 



natives' work. 



At the close of the killing season I set the men to work on the streets, which they 

 cleaned and graded and graveled. They painted the (Tovernment house and graded 

 the grounds around it; and then I began the building of a main road from the cen- 

 ter of the village to the west landing, which was badly needed for a long time, and 

 which, when completed, will be a benefit to all on the island. 



Once the men understood what was expected of them they entered into the spirit 

 of the thing with pleasure, and they worked willingly and well. 



It ought to be borne in mind, though, that they are neither hardy nor physically 

 strong, and that they are not fitted for hard manual labor, such as is necessary in 

 road making. A day of not to exceed five hours is quite long enough for any of 

 them to swing a pick or wheel a loaded barrow. 



decrease of seals. 



I visited the rookeries occasionally during the killing season, and I found a marked 

 decrease in the seals of all ages and sexes since 1891. 



DEAD PUPS. 



I walked over every rookery on the island during the week beginning with Sep- 

 tember 1 and ending September 7 in search of dead pups, and excepting on Tolstoi 

 there were only a normal nnmber to be seen. 



On Tolstoi I found a number of dead pups, but not any more than can be accounted 

 for from natural and well-known causes. 



RETURN TO WASHINGTON. 



On the 17th of August I received instructions from the Department, dated July 8, 

 to report at Port Townsend, and on tlie 21st of August Mr. Aiusworth arrived at the 

 island to relieve me. I sailed from St. Paul Island on September 7 on the North 

 American Commercial Company's steamer Bertha and arrived in San Francisco on 

 tiie 28th. 



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