328 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
St. George Island.—The plank road to Zapadni on St. George Island 
was extended 5,400 feet, and 1,000 feet of the extension was filled in 
with rock and scoria. The plank road to North Rookery was raised, 
leveled, and filled with scoria. 
BUILDINGS 
St. Paul Island—No major improvements were undertaken at 
St. Paul Island in 1936. 
St. George Island.—A building for the new electric power and cold- 
storage plant was erected at St. George Island, and part of the elec- 
trical equipment and a new engine were installed. An extension was 
added to the garage, to permit housing an extra truck and to provide 
room for overhauling trucks during the winter. 
BYPRODUCTS PLANT 
During the season of 1936 there were manufactured at the byprod- 
ucts plant at St. Paul Island 25,252 gallons of seal oil and 276,040 
pounds of seal meal. Eighteen thousand six hundred and twenty- 
two seal carcasses, approximately 373,000 pounds of blubber, and 
600 gallons of foots remaining from 1935 were utilized by the plant 
during the season’s operations. 
Two hundred and fifty barrels containing 13,293 gallons of no. 1 
oil were shipped on the supply vessel and sold for a total of $4,219.84. 
One hundred and eighty-eight barrels containing 10,376 gallons of no. 
2 oil were shipped on the November trip of the Penguin and sold for 
$3,009.04. One thousand gallons of no. 1 oil were retained at St. Paul 
Island to be used in starting operations next season. The few hundred 
gallons of poor-quality oil remaining, together with 2,011 pounds of 
seal meal, were divided between St. Paul Island and St. George Island 
to be used for the feeding of foxes. 
Two thousand three hundred and ten sacks containing about 274,000 
pounds of seal meal were shipped to Seattle on the Penguin and trans- 
ferred to the Division of Fish Culture for use as fish food at hatcheries 
throughout the country. 
NATIVES 
CENSUS 
On December 31, 1936, the total native population of St. Paul 
Island was 253, including 15 persons who were temporarily absent from 
the island. There were 11 births, 5 deaths, 2 permanent additions, 
and 2 permanent departures during the year, making a net increase of 
6 in the population. | 
The census of St. George Island on December 31, 1936, showed a 
population of 159 natives. This includes a child born in August 1935, 
who was omitted from the census at the close of that year, and 3 
persons temporarily absent from the island. There were 3 births, 4 
deaths, and 2 permanent departures during the year. 
The total native population of both islands at the end of 1936 was 
412. 
MEDICAL SERVICE 
Two physicians were stationed at the Pribilof Islands throughout 
the year to give medical aid to the natives and to Government em- 
ployees and their families. The general health of the natives and the 
sanitary conditions on both islands were good. 
