310 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Payments to St. Paul Island natives for taking sealskins, calendar year 1926 


Number | Share of Total 
Classification of men each 

30 | $267.00 $8, 010. 00 
10 213. 00 2, 130. 00 
10 169. 50 1, 695. 00 
First class -- .---- : 
Second class -_--- 
Mhirdvelass. 23. 

Fourth class__----- 2 132. 00 264. 00 
aif th ‘class-.248 sss 2s ee ay ee ee ee hg ee ee 2 1 74. 25 74, 25 
Horeman’ (additionallcompensation) ese see an oe ere ee | ee |e 50. 00 
DO cane deca S Sen oe We aS EE ee ee eee 50. 00 




STG teu ok ee I See eR ee Se OE ee eee ee oe ee ee 12, 278. 25 

St. George Island—For the 5,900 sealskins taken on St. George 
Island, $4,425 was paid, and in addition $100 was allowed two 
foremen for special services. Ten men, who were temporarily de- 
tailed to St. Paul Island to assist with sealing operations, were 
paid $50 each in addition to their shares in the disbursement made 
for taking sealskins on St. George Island. A statement of the 
earnings follows: 
Payments to St. George Island natives for taking sealskins, calendar year 1926 









| 
Num- Num-} q 
Classification ber of eS Total | Classification ber of ne Total 
men 2 | men 
MITSUI CLASS a. oe es 19 |$154. 50 | $2,935.50 || Foreman (additional 
Secondiclass#ss =a tf Wilbak ria 866. 25 compensation)==5_- 22/52 ae eee $45. 00 
aU nindielass==s ees sane 4 | 93.00 372.00 || Additional amount paid 
iHourvhiclassee = ssseee 2) 61.50 123.00 || | for sealing work on 
ifthiclass]=o5 ee aed 8) 82525 96.75 || St. Paul Island, 10 
Sixthicliss= sass ae Sul) 10550 | 31250))|| amenrst1$50) each=22==—|22 22s eee eee 500. 00 
Foreman (additional | S| SS 
Compensation) = 22222" |0 a2 see seee ae | 55. 00 | ROL ec eee as 38) i sate 5, 025. 00 
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PAYMENTS FOR TAKING FOX SKINS 
The natives are paid $5 in cash for each fox skin taken on the 
Pribilof Islands. For the season of 1925-26 these payments 
amounted to $430 for the 86 skins taken on St. Paul Island and 
$3,195 for the 639 skins taken on St. George Island, a total of $3,625. 
FUR-SEAL HERD 
QUOTA FOR KILLING 
The plans of the Department of Commerce in connection with 
sealing operations for 1926 provided for the reservation of 9,500 
3-year-old male seals for future breeding purposes. The reserve 
was to be made on the basis of 7,500 on St. Paul Island and 2,000 on 
St. George Island. The remaining 3-year-old males that could be 
secured were to be killed, 
KILLINGS OF SEALS 
In 1926, 22,131 seals were killed (including 1 seal found dead, 
whose skin was preserved for commercial purposes), of which 16, 231 
