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In the education of the natives I believe that they shoiikl not be taught book 

 studies only or even chieQy. They should have practical instruction in some useful 

 trades. Therefore I respectfully recommend that a small manual-training course be 

 started in connection with the school. A good outfit could be purchased for $150 or 

 1200, and it would last for an indefinite length of time. An ideal plan would be to 

 use the present school building for a workshop in which the manual-training course 

 would be taught, and have a new frame schoolhouse large enough to accommodate all 

 the children built near by. 



The school on St. George Island is smaller than that on St. Paul. 

 The enrollment in 1911-12 was: Boys, 13; girls, 10; total, 23. This 

 school has apparently never received the attention and careful 

 supervision necessary to even fair efficiency. An effort is now being 

 made to improve it. 



FUR-SEAL HERD. 



BRANDING YOUNG MALE SEALS FOR BREEDING RESERVE. 



The instructions of the Department called for a reservation for 

 breeding purposes of 2,000 3-year-old male seals, 1,600 on Stf Paul 

 and 400 on St. George. In compliance with these instructions, seals 

 of the required class were marked and reserved on St. Paul Island as 

 follows : 



Young m.\le Seals Branded for Breeding Reserve on St. Paul Island. 



The branding or marking consisted in shearing or clipping with 

 sheep shears the hair and fur from an area of suitable size on the top 

 of the head. The mark was made sufficiently plain to be easily dis- 

 tinguishable throughout the season. Care was taken, as heretofore, 

 to select for reservation the best examples of 3-year-olds that appeared 

 on the hauling grounds, and special care was taken that none of the 

 seals marked for reservation should be killed. 



The same method of providing a breeding reserve was observed on 

 St. George Island, and the following reservations were made: 



Young biale Seals Branded for Breeding Reserve on St. George Island. 



