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ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1017. 



funds were kept on deposit with the Washington f^oan & Trust Co., 

 Washington, D. C. Each native whose funfls are concerned has the 

 privilege of securing any portion of his share at any time upon request. 



The funds on dc])osit draw interest at the rate of 3 per cent per 

 annum, which is calculated on monthly balances. Interest is credited 

 semiannually. The Commissioner's records of the funds are subject 

 to an auditing every six months l^y the disbursing clerk for the 

 Department. 



On January 1, 1917, the total amount of the funds, including 

 interest, $70.78, credited on that date was $4,729.36. Funds of 

 Polyxenia Merculiof, of St. George Island, amounting to $107.41, 

 were deposited March 8, 1917. Interest credited July 1, 1917, 

 amounted to $68.52. Withdrawals during the year amounted to 

 $516.67. The balance on December 31, 1917, including interest, 



).36, credited on that date was $4,454.98. 



Pribilof Islands Natives' Savings Accounts in the Custodt of the United 

 States Commissioner op Fisheries, as Trustee, Dec. 31, 1917. 



a Not living on islands in 1917. b Formerly Alexandra Melovidov. « Deceased, estate undivided. 



census. 



In order to make certain facts in regard to the inhabitants of the 

 Pribilof Islands a matter of official record an annual census is taken 

 of the natives on each island. The census in 1917 was taken as of 

 March 31 and the more salient details follow; 



