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ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1919. 



registered dimensions are: Length over all, 88 feet; beam, 19.4 feet; 

 depth, 9.2 feet: draft loaded, 9 feet. The registered tonnage is 76 

 gross and 52 net. The vessel is equipped with a 3-cylinder 110- 

 horsepower Frisco Standard engine, together with appropriate auxil- 

 iary machinery. The Eider was built in 1913, and had been em- 

 ployed in the offshore halibut fishery. Certain alterations were made 

 to the vessel, which provided two additional staterooms and a room 

 for wireless equipment. The cost of these alterations were included 

 in the purchase price. The vessel was equipped through the Navy 

 Deparment with a one-half kilowatt wireless outfit and a 1-pound gun. 

 The Eider sailed from Seattle October 26 for Unalaska, arriving 

 there November 17. Stops were made en route at Kodiak and King 

 Cove. At Unalaska there were taken aboard about 28 tons of coal 

 for St. Paul Island and about 20 tons of supplies for the radio station 

 and natives at St. Paul. The vessel arrived at St. Paul November 

 23, and after discharging cargo left the 25th. It was necessary to 

 keep aboard about 10 tons of coal for ballast. A stop was made at 

 St. George, landing mail at Zapadni, and leaving for Unalaska No- 

 vember 26. Unalaska was reached the following day. Dr. Charles 

 E. Johnson was a passenger from St. Paul to Unalaska. 



SHIPMENT AND SALE OF OLD BONES. 



3ne shipment of old bone was made from the Pribilofs in 1919. 

 The material was transported from the islands by the U. S. S. Saturn, 

 and was landed at San Francisco in June. Tlio gross weight of the 

 shipment, including sacks, was 106,131 pounds. In determining net 

 weight a deduction of 5 pounds per sack for each of the 1,766 involved 

 was made, and from the resulting remainder a deduction of 25 per 

 cent was made for moisture. The net weight was 72,973 pounds, and 

 on this basis the material was sold to the Pacific Bone, Coal & Fer- 

 tilizer Co. at $31 per ton. From the proceeds, $1,131.08, there were 

 deducted $25.71 for expenses connected with the sale and $527.55 

 for making payments to the natives for collecting the bone. The 

 balance, $577.82, was turned into the United States Treasury. 



The shipment, by gross weight, originated as follow^s: St. Paul 

 Island, 9,052 pounds unground bone; St. George Island, 56,584 

 pounds unground, 40,495 pounds ground. 



The following statements present in tabular form the results of 

 bone-collecting operations on the Pribilofs in the calendar years 1916 

 to 1918, inclusive. In addition to that shipped, there were perhaps 

 50 tons of l)one practically ready for shipment at the Pribilofs at the 

 end of 1919. 



Expenditures and Receipts Account Collection and Sale of Old Bones, 

 Pribilof Lslands, Calendar Years 1916 to 1919, Inclusive. 



Approximate date of arrival at Seattle. 



August, 1917.... 

 January, 1918... 



July, 1918 



September, 1918 

 January, 1919... 

 June, 1919 



Total 



Net 

 weight in 

 pounds. 



32,170 

 161,400 



SO, 092 

 97,408 

 28,111 

 72,97.3 



472, l.'^l 



Expense 

 of sale. 



$333. 18 

 70.75 

 59.10 

 65.83 

 25.71 



.554. 57 



Receipts, 



less 

 expense 

 of sale. 



$321.70 

 2,087.82 

 1,090.58 

 1,353.31 

 341. 77 

 1,105.37 



6,300. .55 



Payments 

 to natives. 



$179.68 

 807.00 

 492. 21 

 487.04 

 140. 50 

 527. 55 



2,633.98 



Amount 

 Covered 



into 



United 



States 



Treasury. 



$142. 02 

 1,280.82 

 .598.37 

 866. 27 

 201.27 

 577. 82 



3,666.57 



