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winter without danger of extermination. With one year's rest 700 

 could be killed annually. 



UNITED STATES IN ACCOUNT WITH THE ADULT NATIVES. 



Third. I inclose you a statement showing the financial standing of 

 each male adult ou the island with the United States. The debit and 

 credit of each person is shown up to date. There has been labor per- 

 formed to the amount of $1,117, divided as follows: For watching on 

 the rookeries, $134.50; for making roads and other work under the 

 direction of the officer in charge, $682.50. There have been 217 Govern- 

 ment orders issued, amounting to $1,133.61, divided as follows: 210 

 orders to the natives for food, clothing, etc., $1,053.32; orders Nos. 28 

 and 29, for potatoes, divided by the chief, $6.68; orders Nos. 31 and 32, 

 for wheelbarrows, shovels, and other tools, $26.26; order No. 33, for 1 

 can of oil for use of lantern at Zapadnie, $1.50; order No. 12, for sup- 

 plies to natives on watch prior to July, 1892, $16; wder No. 213, for 

 building and repairing watchhouses, $29.85. All the articles men- 

 tioned in orders Nos. 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 42, and 213 were purchased for 

 the use and comfort of the natives, and should come out of the appro- 

 priation. I thought it advisable to draw orders for the same. 



You will note that some of the accounts are largely overdrawn, while 

 others have quite a sum to their credit. This was caused by some of 

 the people having had money to their cledit in the hands of the North 

 American Commercial Company, while others had their accounts almost 

 exhausted when I arrived on the island in June last. No orders for 

 supplies were given to any person until his credit with the comi)any 

 was used up. This community has been well supplied with food, cloth- 

 ing, and other necessaries of life the past year. Fresh beef (canned) 

 and tomatoes have been furnished to them once a week most all winter. 

 I consider their condition at the present time as regards clothing better 

 than it ever has been since I have known them. No complaints have 

 been made during the year. 



If some arrangements could be made whereby they could be paid in 

 cash at the end of each week for labor performed, more work would be 

 done for less money than we are paying them now. They say tliat the 

 company pays them in cash, while the work they do for the Govern- 

 ment must be paid for in orders on the store of the North American 

 Commercial Company. The officer in charge could take into consider- 

 ation the amount of cash paid them when issuing orders for their 

 supplies. 



MONEY TO THE CREDIT OF THE NATIVES. 



Fourth. I inclose you a statement showing the amount of money in 

 the hands of the North American Commercial Company to the credit 

 of the natives of this island. You will see that the total amount is 

 $1,983.65, of which there is belonging to the priest $1,240.43; to the 

 orphans, $334.07. Amount available for maintenance of natives, 

 $409.15. The money due the orphans can only be used in the purchase 

 of clothing on an order from the officer in charge. 



The $1.46 due Anfansia Prokopoff, $4.90 due Nicoli Nederazoft", $37.34 

 due Gregory Swetzoft", and $36.35 due Evdokia Philimonofl" can be used 

 in the purchase of clothing on an order from the Government officer. 

 Nedesda Muculiff, one of the orphans, has a credit of $121.28; is attend- 

 ing school in Unalaska, where clothing and other necessaries are fur- 

 nished free. She will not require any money for a long time. The 



