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Two i)ul)lic' auction sales of sealskins were held in iDo'i, from the 

 proceeds of which payment was niaile, as heretofore, to tlie Canadian 

 and Japanese Governments of their respective shares under the pro- 

 visions of the fur-seal treaty. The ITnited States' share of fur-seal 

 skins taken by the Japanese Government in 11):')2 was received at 

 St. Louis in December. 



TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES 



Through the cooperation of the Navy Department, the U.S.S. 

 Sinus transported the major portion of the general supplies required 

 for the Pribilof Islands. The vessel sailed from Seattle on July 22, 

 with 1,045 tons of general supplies, 1,365 tons of coal, 109,005 board 

 feet of lumber, 27,000 shingles, and 5 passengers for the Bureau, and 

 arrived at the islands on July 30. The Sinus left the islands on 

 August 12, carrying a cargo of 49,337 fur-seal skins, miscellaneous 

 freight, and 3 passengers for the Bureau. Seattle was reached on 

 August 19. 



Six minor shipments of supplies, aggregating 1,000 tons, were 

 forwarded to the islands on the Penguin during the year. 



POWER VESSEL " PENGUIN " 



Since the power vessel Penguin w^as first put into service it has 

 proved of great value in the Bureau's w^ork at the Pribilof Islands. 

 In addition to carrying shipments of supplies, chiefly perishable 

 foodstuff's, from time to time, it has transported to and from Seattle 

 employees Avho have been engaged in the fur-seal work at the islands, 

 as well as persons in the naval radio service there. It has also been 

 used in interisland work and in the transportation of natives from 

 villages on the Alaska Peninsula for temporary labor in the sealing 

 industry. 



At the beginning of the year the Penguin was at Seattle under- 

 going minor repairs and a general overhauling. Five round trips 

 were made between that port and the Pribilofs in 1932, and a sixth 

 was begun in December. The dates of the voyages north were as 

 follows: January 19 to February 11, April 19-30, June 11-21, Au- 

 gust l;5-26, October 2-14, and December 10, 1932, to January 5, 1933. 

 Return trips from the Pribilofs to Seattle covered the following 

 wriods: Februarv 17 to March 6, :May 6-16, Julv 29 to Augu.st 7, 

 September ll-21,"'and October 15-29. 



In addition to a total of 1,000 tons of sup])lies, the vessel carried 

 on its northward voyages 61 passengers, of whom 56 were Bureau 

 employees, 4 were for the account of the Navy, and 1 the priest at 

 St. Paul Island. On the trips from the islands to Seattle there were 

 transported the season's take of fox skins, a shipment of live^ fur 

 seals and rosy finches for the National Zoological Park at AVash- 

 ington, D.C., items of miscellaneous freight, and 63 passengers, of 

 whom 55 were for the Bureau, 7 for the Navy, and 1 the St. Paul 

 Island priest. A number of employees for the Navy Service also 

 were furnished passage between Seattle and Dutch Harbor, and for 

 the Bureau from Dutch Harbor and Chignik to Seattle. Fifty-three 

 natives were transported from various villages along the i>eninsula 

 for work at the islands durinc the sealing season and were returned 



