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BUILDINGS 



St. Paul Island. — The three houses for natives for which foundations 

 were laid in 1933 were completed in March. An extension was made 

 to the salt house, a concrete floor was laid in the warehouse, and a 

 platform for gasoline storage tanks was constructed. Boat ways at 

 the west landing were installed and a seal driveway was built at Reef. 

 A watch house was also built at Marimich. 



Washhouses A and B were roofed, the coal house was enlarged, and 

 the bunk house for white employees at Northeast Point was rebviilt. 

 This work was accomplished under an allotment of funds by the Public 

 Works Administration. 



St. George Island. — Further work on the new schoolhouse which was 

 begun in 1933 resulted in completion of the concrete work and outside 

 walls. Satisfactory progress on the interior of the building was also 

 reported. 



NATIVES 



On December 31, 1934, the total native population on St. Paul 

 Island was 244, including 10 persons temporarily absent fro.m the 

 island, of whom 4 were on vSt. George Island, 4 at Seattle, 1 at Una- 

 laska, and 1 at Belkofski. Births numbered 12, deaths 8, permanent 

 departures 6, and permanent additions 4, making a net increase in 

 population of 2. 



There were 158 native residents on St. George Island as of December 

 31, 1934. Four natives of St. George Island became permanent 

 residents of St. Paul Island, and there were 5 births and no deaths 

 during the year. 



The total population of both islands at the end of 1934 was 402, an 

 increase of 3 over the total for 1933. 



MEDICAL SERVICE 



Two physicians were stationed at the Pribilof Islands during the 

 year to render medical aid to the native population and to Government 

 employees and their families. 



The native girl who had been placed in the Orthopedic Hospital at 

 Seattle in 1931 for treatment for a tubercular hip returned to St. 

 Paul Island on September 6, 1934. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

 which had charge of the child while she was convalescent, delivered 

 her at Unalaska and she was transferred from there to St. Paul Island 

 on the Penguin. 



SCHOOLS 



The Bureau maintains schools for the native children on St. Paul 

 and St. George Islands, two teachers being employed on each island. 

 All children between the ages of 6 and 16 are required to attend. 



The 1933-34 school year on each island began September 11, 1933, 

 and closed May 11, 1934. On St. Paul Island 16 boys and 18 girls 

 were enrolled in the jimior school and 16 bovs and 13 girls in the senior 

 school, a total of 63 pupils. On St. George Island 9 boys and 8 girls 

 were enrolled in the junior and 12 boj^s and 11 girls in the senior 

 school, a total of 40 pupils. 



