ALASKA FISHERY AND FUIl-SEAL INDUSTI5IES, 1932 



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^f. raiilIsl<ni(L—¥ov the 3{),490 sealskins tala-ii on St. Paul Island 

 the sum of $iir),G08.50 was paid, and in addition $100 was allowed 2 

 foremen for special services and $80 for 4 mess attendants. A state- 

 ment of the earnings follows : 



Pai/iiK His to St. Paul Lshiinl nutic€<s for tukiiiy fur-seal skim, calendar 



year 1982 



St. George Island. — For the 9,846 sealskins taken on St. George 

 Island the sum of $6,399.90 was paid and, in addition, $100 was 

 allowed two foremen for special services. A statement of the earn- 

 ings follows: 



Payments to St. George Island natives for taking fur-seal skins, calendar 



year 1932 



PAYMENTS FOR TAKING FOX SKINS 



The natives were paid $5 in cash for each fox skin taken on the 

 Pribilof Islands in the 1931-82 season. The total ])ayments 

 amounted to $1,570 for the 314 skins taken on St. Paul Island and 

 $5,560 for the 1,112 skins taken on St. George Island, a total of $7,130. 



FUK SEALS 



QUOTAS BX>R KU.LING AND RESERVING 



The Acting Secretary of Commerce approved the Bureau's recom- 

 mendation of March 29, 1932, that about five thousand 3-year-old 

 male fur seals, divided between St. Paul Island and St. George 

 Island in approximately the ratio of 4 to 1, be marked and reserved 

 for future lireeding stock and that tlie remainder of the 3-year-old 

 males available be killed. The plan i)r()vided, also, tliat if the count 

 of harem and idle bulls during the season indicated that a larger 

 reserve was advisable it should be made. 



