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U. S, BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



dul3'^ reimbursed from the proceeds of the sale of the dressed and 

 dyed skins. Under this arrangement the funds are deposited in a 

 Seattle bank to the credit of the Bureau's authorized and bonded 

 agent at the Pribilofs, who issues checks against the deposit covering 

 accounts payable therefrom. 



The practice of paying the island natives for their labor in taking 

 commercial skins Avas continued. They were paid on the basis of 

 50 cents each for skins taken from seals up to and including the 

 G-year-old class, and $1 each for skins taken from seals of 7 years 

 and upward. No payments are made for labor in taking the skins 

 of seals which are killed primarily for food. 



During the calendar year 1920 and through January 31, 1921, the 

 following payments were made from funds advanced by Funsten 

 Bros. & Co. : 



Salaries of sealing? assistants, St. Taiil Island $3,079.49 



Wa.ws of Aleutian Islands natives at St. Paul Island 4,275.43 



Amount earned by St. Paul natives, 1920 11,112.00 



Amount earned by St. George Island natives, 1920 2, 127. 00 



Total 20, 593. 92 



In addition to the above total, the sum of $645 was paid the natives 

 of St. Paul Island during 1920, this amount representing an unpaid 

 credit for the year 1919, which was entered as an undivided credit 

 in the list of expenditures for that year. 



Owing to the death of Peter TetofF, one of the natives at St. Paul 

 Island, there remains an unpaid balance of $246.50 on account of 

 the sealing work for 1920 on that island; this amount will be paid 

 to the estate of the deceased when it is settled, thus closing the 

 account. 



^St. Paul Island. — Of the 22,220 skins taken on St. Paul Island 

 during the calendar ySar 1920. the native workmen received payment 

 for 21,097 skins at the rate of 50 cents each and 710 skins at the rate 

 of $1 each ; the other skins wei-e from seals killed for food for which 

 no payment was made. The fund was divided among the participat- 

 ing natives according to their ability, as follows : 



Disbursements to St. Paul Natives for Sealing Operations, Calendar 



Year 1920. 



• Allowed 2 native foremen. 



St. George Island. — Of the 4,428 skins taken on St. George Island 

 during the calendar year 1920, 4,030 were paid for at the rate of 50 

 cents each and 12 at the rate of $1 each; the balance of the year's 

 take was composed of skins from seals killed for food for which 

 no credit was allowed. The resulting fund was divided among the 

 natives who took part in the operations according to the extent and 



