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class receiving an equal share. Small bonuses are paid for special 
services. 
On St. Paul Island the payments to natives in 1939 were at the rate 
of 60 cents per skin for the 47,646 sealskins taken, or a total of 
$28,587.60, and in addition $180 was paid to 2 foremen and 4 mess 
attendants. 
Natives on St. George Island were paid at the rate of 75 cents per 
skin, the total in 1939 amounting to $9,620.25 for the 12,827 sealskins 
taken, and an additional $120 was paid to 2 native foremen and 1 mess 
attendant. 
Details of these payments are shown in the following table: 
Payments to Pribilof Islands natives for taking fur-seal skins, calendar year 1939 

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St. Paul Island St. George Island 
Classification os = ae Shi 
umber are umber are 
of men of each Total of men of each ~ Total 
BAYS UClaSS esa he er 36 | $486.60 |$17,517.60 33 | $220.50 | $7, 276. 50 
SURGES GUS bo ee ee Be Set 10 393.00 | 3, 930. 00 8 165. 00 1, 320. 00 
Pebindiclass@ces 5 oA foe! 2 ee ee 5 
CTA MWA ECOL = = SS oes Se eee ce ee: 3 
Wufth. class: — ===. 3 
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Special boys’ class_ _- 
pean (additional compensation) - 
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PAYMENTS FOR TAKING FOX SKINS 
For taking fox skins on the Pribilof Islands in the 1938-39 season 
the natives were paid at the rate of $5 per skin. The payments 
amounted to $1,120 for the 224 fox skins taken on St. Paul Island and 
$4,025 for the 805 skins taken on St. George Island, a total of $5,145. 
Fur SEALS 
KILLINGS 
In 1939, 60,473 fur seals were killed, of which 47,646 were taken on 
St. Paul Island and 12,827 on St. George Island. Details with 
regard to the killings are shown in the following tabulations: 
Seal killings on Pribilof Islands in 1989 
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