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Geodetic Survey, and on the Rat Islands for the Navy Department. 

 The ship reached the Prihih)f Islands on August 1. Seven days were 

 required in discharging the cargo and loading the outgoing freight 

 which consisted of 510 barrels of sealskins, 73 barrels of blubber, and 

 537 empty oil drums from St. Paul Island, and 212 barrels of seal- 

 skins and 135 empty drums from St. George Island. The Sirius 

 sailed for Seattle on August 8 and reached its destination 11 days 

 later. 



Additional supplies for the islands, approximating 1,000 tons, were 

 handled by the Penguin on five voyages from Seattle in the year. 



POWER VESSEL " PENGUIN " 



In 1934 the Penguin made five trips from Seattle to the Pribilof 

 Islands and return, transporting passengers and freight to and from 

 the islands and intermediate points, and also i)ei'forming interisland 

 service. The first voyage began eJanuary 4 and was completed on 

 March 22, the next was fro.m April 23 to IMay 28, and the third from 

 June 10 to August 10. On August 25 the Penguin sailed from Seattle 

 on its fourth voyage to the Pribilofs and returned on September 22. 

 The fifth and last voyage began October 6 and ended November 15. 

 During the remainder of the year the vessel was docked at Seattle for 

 a general overhauling. 



In May, trips were made to Indian settlements along the Alaska 

 Peninsula and on the Aleutian Islands where native laborers were 

 picked up and transported to St. Paul Island to work during the sum- 

 jner months. At the end of the season these natives were returned to 

 their homes. 



Co.m.missioner Bell and his party were transported from Ikatan to 

 the Pribilof Islands on July 11-13 for a short inspection and observa- 

 tion of sealing operations. They left the islands on July 14 and were 

 landed at King Cove on July 16. 



Service was rendered to the Navy Department, the Steamboat 

 Inspection Service, and the Post Office Department in the transporta- 

 tion of officials and employees to various points in Alaska. Similar 

 service was extended to a number of unofficial travelers. Passenger 

 lists also included a number of Bureau employees and 20 sealing 

 assistants from St. Louis who were engaged in the cleaning and curing 

 of sealskins at the Pribilof Islands. 



The Penguin cruised 28,502 nautical miles and consumed 69,409 

 gallons of fuel oil and 958 gallons of lubricating oil during the year. 



ROADS 



St. Paul Island. — Material progress in the construction of roads was 

 made in 1934 by extending the Zapadni road 11,560 feet and by adding 

 2,580 feet to the Northeast Point road between the watch house and 

 the killing field. Good roads to all the rookeries are of pri.me im- 

 portance in facilitating the rajjid transportation of skins from the 

 various killing fields to the washing and blubbering plant in the village. 

 Eventually all the rookeries will be connected with this plant by scoria- 

 surfaced roads. 



St. George Island. — The road to Zapadni was extended 1,800 feet. 



