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l>ejrinnin<r April 5 the Suoliomi^Ji patrolled from the mouth of the 

 Coluinbia liivcr to Dixon Entrance until the fur-seal herd had 

 jjassed. The 7\d/(ipoo^'a covered the area between Dixon Entrance 

 and Kodiak Island fnmi April 15 to 30 and between Kodiak Island 

 anil T'niniak Pass from May 1 to 15. The 7'ahoe and the 1'25-foot 

 patrol boat left San Francisco about the middle of April for 

 Tnalaska, where the former was based until July and the latter until 

 the close of the season. The Ila'ala and the Itchsca alsoi en<^a<>-ed in 

 the fur-seal patrol in Berin^- Sea durinji: tiie latter part of the season. 

 On its annual cruise from San Francisco to the Arctic Ocean the 

 Northland patrolled in Bering Sea and adjacent waters. The sea- 

 son's patrol extended as far westward as Attn, the westernmost 

 island of the Aleutian Chain, and was prosecuted in each locality as 

 long as the circumstances required. 



BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



From April 6 to May 24, inclusive, the Brant patrolled the waters 

 in the vicinity of Cape Flattery. A representative of the Bureau 

 of Fisheries was again on duty at La Push to secure compliance Avith 

 the regulations prohibiting the use of firearms and motor boats in the 

 taking of fur-seal skins by the Indians. The Widgeon was engaged 

 in seal patrol in the vicinity of Sitka in April. 



SEALING PRIVILEGES ACCORDED ABORIGINES 



The North Pacific Sealing Convention of July 7, 1911, permits 

 Indians and other aborigines dwelling on the coasts of the waters 

 designated by the convention to take sealskins under limited condi- 

 tions. In 1932 there were taken and duly authenticated by officials 

 of the respective Governments 1,938 fur-seal skins, of which 151 Avere 

 taken by Indians under the jurisdiction of the United States and 

 1,787 by Indians of Canada. The details are as follows : 



Washington. — Seventy-three skins taken by Indians of Washing- 

 ton were authenticated. Of these, 26 were from male seals and 47 

 from females. The skins were taken by Indians of La Push and 

 Xeah Bay and were authenticated by John B. Holm, special agent 

 of the Bureau, and by Raymond H. Bitney, superintendent of the 

 Xeah Bay Indian Agency, Neah Bay, Wash. 



Alaska. — Seventy-eight skins taken by natives of Sitka were au- 

 thenticated b}^ Bureau employees. Of these skins, 25 were from male 

 seals, 45 from females, and 8 from unborn pups. The seals from 

 which the skins were obtained were taken in the w'aters off Biorka 

 Island in the months of March to June, inclusive. 



British Colinnhia. — An official report received by the Bureau stated 

 that 1,787 fur-seal skins were taken by Indians of British Columbia 

 in 1932. 



JAPANESE SEALSKINS DELIVERED TO THE UNITED STATES 



Under the terms of the North Pacific Sealing Convention there 

 were allotted to the Ignited States 170 Japanese fur-seal skins, or 10 

 percent of the number taken by Japan in territory under its jurisdic- 

 tion in the year 1932. These skins were received by the Department's 

 selling agents at St. Louis, Mo., on December 23, 1932. 



