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St. George Island. — For the 5,942 sealskins taken on St. George 

 Island $4,456.50 was paid, and in addition a total of $100 was allowed 

 two foremen for special services. Three men, who were detailed 

 temporarily 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 fur-seal skiiis, calendar year 1927 



Classification 



First class 



Second class 



Third class 



Fourth class 



Fifth class 



.Sixth class 



Foreman (additional compensation) . 

 Do. 



_A.dditional amount paid for sealing work on St. Paul Island, 3 men at 

 $50 each 



Total. 



Number 

 of men 



Share of 

 each 



$147. 00 

 117. 75 

 96.00 

 74.25 

 41.25 

 15.00 



Total 



$3, 087. 00 



588. 75 



576. 00 



148. 50 



41.25 



15.00 



55.00 



45.00 



150.00 



4, 706. 50 



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 1926-27 these payments amounted to 

 $725 for the 145 skins taken on St. Paul Island and $3,065 for the 613 

 skins taken on St. George Island, a total of $3,790. 



FUR SEALS 



QUOTA FOR KILLING 



Plans for sealing operations in 1927, as approved by the Depart- 

 ment of Commerce, provided for the marking of a breeding reserve of 

 10,000 3-year-old males and the killing of as many of the remaining 

 males of this age as could be secured in the regular sealing periods. 

 Eight thousand animals of the breeding reserve were to be marked on 

 St. Paul Island and 2,000 on St. George Island. Subsequent arrange- 

 ments provided for the killing of 1,000 2-year-old males for the purpose 

 of determining the comparative values of skins from seals of that age 

 with those from older seals. 



In 1927, 24,942 seals were Idlled, of which 19,000 were on St. Paul 

 Island and 5,942 on St. George Island. Of these, 1,282 were listed as 

 2-year-old males and 23,305 as 3-year-old males. Details in regard 

 to the killings are shown in the following tabulations: 



