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5 for the Office of Indian Affairs, 2 for the Coast Guard, 1 for the 
Bureau of Lighthouses, and 20 unofficial travelers. 
The Penguin cruised 29,608 nautical miles during the year. 
ROADS 
St. Paul Island—No new road work was undertaken on St. Paul 
Island during the year. About 144 miles of the Northeast Point plank 
road around Big Lake was torn up and replaced with a fill of scoria. 
The Zapadni road was widened for a distance of approximately 800 
feet. All other roads were dragged, and where necessary, resurfaced. 
St. George Island.—The Staraya Artil road was extended approxi- 
mately 2,000 feet, to the lake at the foot of the rookery. The Zapadni 
road was extended about 3,500 feet to a suitable killing ground near 
the rookery. About 4,000 feet of the Zapadni plank road was torn 
up and replaced with scoria. 
BUILDINGS 
St. Paul Island.—Construction of a new machine shop was started 
on St. Paul Island. When fully completed, this building will house all 
machinery and tools required in a first-class repair shop. There wil! 
also be a room for painting, another for overhauling cars, and another 
for stores. No other major construction work was undertaken on 
this island. 
St. George Island.—Three additional 3-room frame cottages for 
natives were constructed this season. A warehouse, 20 by 50 feet, 
was built at Zapadni. This will permit unloading the Penguin during 
the fall and winter months, when prevailing winds often make the 
village landing unfavorable for long periods. Concrete foundations 
were poured for a new bunkhouse for Aleutian workmen and for a 
small shed to house the hoist used for unloading cargo at the village 
dock. Considerable repair work on native houses, including reshin- 
gling, was undertaken throughout the year. 
BYPRODUCTS PLANT 
The byproducts plant on St. Paul Island was in operation from June 
20 to August 3, rendering oil and meal from 31,805 seal carcasses and 
7,085 cubic feet, or about 368,420 pounds, of blubbler. Total produc- 
tion for the season amounted to 471 barrels, or 24,252 gallons, of No. 
1 oil; 115% barrels, or 6,335 gallons, of No. 2 oil; and 357,222 pounds of 
meal. The foregoing quantities in gallons represent averages of 
51.49 gallons per barrel of No. 1 oil and 54.85 gallons per barrel of 
No. 2 oil, as determined from the products sold by weight upon the 
basis of 7% pounds to the gallon. 
In August the supply vessel Vega brought to Seattle 336,612 pounds 
of meal, which was turned over to the Division of Fish Culture for 
use in fish hatcheries throughout the country. The season’s output 
of seal oil was shipped to Seattle on the Penguin—400 barre!s on the 
September voyage, and the remaining 173 barrels in November. 
As in the past, small quantities of oil and meal were retained at the 
Pribilof Islands for use as fox feed. 
