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at St. Paul during the active sealing season, received $50 each, and 

 $105.99 was paid to St. Paul Island natives for special services. 

 The earnings in 1924 were as follows: 



Salaries of sealing assistants $12, 862. 66 



Wages of temporary Aleutian workmen 7, 467. 50 



Native workmen of St. Paul Island 10, 295. 74 



Native workmen of St. George Island 3, 424. 50 



Total 34, 050. 40 



St. Paul Island. — For the 13,453 sealskins taken on St. Paul 

 Island in the calendar year 1924 the resident natives received 75 

 cents per skin, and in addition two native foremen received $50 

 each for special services. The natives were divided into classes 

 according to their ability and work, and payments were made as 

 follows : 



Payments to St. Paul Island natives for taking sealskins, calendar year 1924 



St. George Island. — For the 3,766 sealskins taken on St. George 

 Island in the calendar year 1924 the resident natives received 75 

 cents per skin, and in addition one native foreman received $55 and 

 one $45 for special services. Payments for taking these skins were 

 made as follows: 



Payments to St. George Island natives Jor taking sealskins, calendar year 1924 



Classification 



First class 



Do 



Second class - - 



Do 



Third class 



Fourth class (boys) 



Foreman (additional compensation) . 

 Do 



Total. 



Number 

 of men 



Share of 

 each 



$96. 00 

 95.25 

 76. 50 

 75.75 

 63.00 

 9.75 



Total 



$864. 00 



762. 00 



459. 00 



303. 00 



378. 00 



58.50 



55.00 



45.00 



2, 924. 50 



PAYMENTS FOR TAKING FOX SKINS 



A payment of $5 is made by the Government for each fox skin taken 

 and prepared for shipment by the native residents on the Pribilof 

 Islands. In the season of 1923-24 the natives on St. Paul Island 

 received $300 for the 60 pelts taken, and for the 742 taken on St. 



