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extract surplus water from blubbered skins was added to the equipment 

 in the blubbering shop. 



A new pipe line was laid from the washhouse to a point offshore 

 where water is available at all stages of the tide, and a small building 

 was erected to house the pumping equipment. With this system 

 there can be obtained about four times as much water as formerly in 

 the same period of time. 



The new hospital building which was started last season was com- 

 pleted during the winter. A new garage was erected early in the fall 

 for trucks, tractors, and other motive equipment at the island. 



In addition to the completion of the above-mentioned buildings, a 

 great amount of work was done on the foundations of future struc- 

 tures. Footings were laid for an extension to the salt house to be used 

 for barreling skins, and also for a new washhouse; and excavation was 

 made for the foundation of a bunk house to accommodate sealing 

 assistants from the States. Work was begun on the new Government 

 house and community house, as well as on raising the floor of the old 

 company house preparatory to laying new cement foundation. 



Considerable time was spent on construction work and on the 

 installation of machinery at the bj^-products plant at the beginning of 

 the season, and for that reason little could be done toward completion 

 of the wharf at East Landing which was begun in 1930. 



St. George Island. — The new company house which was started in 

 1930 for the accommodation of unmarried employees and transients 

 was completed during the winter. The erection of a new coal house 

 and a chicken house was undertaken in the fall after the close of the 

 sealing season. 



Other construction work included the repairing and widening of the 

 dock so that additional cargo space is now available for receiving and 

 shipping freight. 



NATIVES 



The annual census, taken as of December 31, 1931, showed 232 

 native residents on St. Paul Island. In addition, 1 St. Paul Island 

 native was in a Seattle hospital, and 7 were elsewhere, making a total 

 of 240 accredited to the island. One native, formerly enrolled at the 

 Salem Indian School, Chemawa, Oreg., is married and living in Seattle, 

 and one who was reported as temporarily absent at the close of the 

 year 1930 has become a permanent resident elsewhere. These two, 

 therefore, have been dropped from the census list. One native from 

 St. George Island was recorded as having become a permanent resi- 

 dent of St. Paul Island. During the year there were 13 births and 5 

 deaths among the natives. 



On St. George Island there were 144 native residents as of December 

 31, 1931. One native left the island and became a permanent resident 

 of St. Paul Island. There were five births and two deaths during the 

 year. 



The total number accredited to both islands on December 31, 1931, 

 was 384, a net increase of nine over the figures for the previous year. 



MEDICAL SERVICES 



Two physicians were stationed at the Pribilof Islands during the 

 year to render medical aid to the native population and to Government 

 employees and their families. A dentist for the islands arrived at St. 



