296 



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in a monetary return of $27,275 to the six classes of workmen. Addi- 

 tional compensation amounting to $280 was paid to 4 foremen and 4 

 mess attendants, making a gross income to the natives of $27,555 on 

 account of sealing operations. The details of these payments are 

 shown in the following table : 



Payments to PrlMlof Islands natives for taking fur-seal skms, calendar year 



1933 



PAYMENTS FOR TAKING FOX SKINS 



The trapping of foxes by 55 natives on St. Paul Island and 39 

 on St. George Island in the winter of 1932-33 resulted in the taking 

 of 271 and 872 skins on the respective islands. The trappers were 

 paid $4.50 per skin, or a total of $5,143.50. 



FUR SEALS 

 KILLINGS 



Forty-three drives of seals from the hauling grounds to the 

 killing fields were made on St. Paul Island, from which 44,448 

 seals were killed. At the same time 35 drives on St. George Island 

 produced 10,102 seals for killing. The following table gives the 

 details of these operations. 



Seal killings on PriMlof Islands hi 1933 

 ST. PAUL ISLAND 



Hauling ground 



Skins 

 secured 



Sea Lion Rock (Sivutch) 



Reef and Gorbatch 



Tolstoi 



Zapadni and Little Zapadni.. 



Polovina 



Vostochni and Morjovi 



Tolstoi and Lukaniu 



Zapadni and Little Zapadni.. 



Reef and Gorbatch 



Polovina and Little Polovina. 



Vostochni and Morjovi 



Tolstoi, Lukanin, and Kitovi 



121 

 278 



37 

 173 



62 

 491 

 174 

 155 



