ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1920. 101 



Skins taken in 1920: 



St. Paul Island 22,220 



St. George Island 4,428 



26, 648 



Total 28, 465 



Shipments during 1920 : 



St. Paul Island 23,334 



St. George Island • 1,545 



24, 879 



Balance on hand at Prilnlof.s Dec. 31, 1920 3,586 



Grand total on hand Dec. 31, 1920 61, 198 



SALE OF FOX SKINS POSTPONED. 



The 901 blue and 37 white fox skins taken at the Priliilofs in the 

 winter 1919-20 were not sold durin«^ the year 1920, the condition of 

 the fur market making it advisable to defer their sale. 



PATROL OF NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN AND BERING SEA. 



As in previous years, a patrol was maintained by the Coast Guard 

 for the protection of the migrating fur-seal herd and the prevention 

 of poaching in the vicinity of the Pribilof Islands. Numerous 

 courtesies in the way of transportation of passengers, mail, and 

 freight for the Bureau ai-e also gratefully acknowledged. The fol- 

 lowing extracts from a statement prei)ared by the Coast Guard relate 

 in detail the work performed during the year : 



Memou.xndum Co.ncebmng (Jperations of the Coast Guard in Connection 



WITH PATBOLXING THE NOBTH PACIFIC OCEAN AND BeBING SeA DtTEING THE 



Season of 1920. 



The North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea patrol, commanded by Commander 

 .1. H. Brown, United States Coast (Juard. for the season of 1920 was made by 

 tiie Coast (Juard ciittiTs I iinli/a, Ali/<jii<iiiin. liear. and llothircll. Tlicse vessels 

 were actively engaged during the seasDii oii patrol and in sucli additional worlc 

 as furnishing transportation to various persons, including natives, civil authori- 

 ties, school-teachers, and destitutes; delivering Lnited States mail, food, and 

 supplies to isolated settlements; assisting distressed vessels; extending succor 

 to persons in need; furuisiiing medical treatment to natives; and enforcing the 

 laws. 



The VnaUjn, in conunand of Lieut. Commander B. L. Brockway, left Seattle 

 on April 28. 1920. for Inalaska. The cnlter had on hoard seven pas.sengers for 

 transportation to various i)oints in Alaska, four of whom were employees of 

 the Bureau of Fisiieiies. On .May 7 she arrived at Unalaska, where all pas- 

 sengers left the vess4'l. The medical oflicer attached to the I'nalf/i' ins[)ecte<l 

 the town of Umilaska and found the lieaith an<l sjinitary conditions to he 

 good. 



On May 14 the Vnalga left Unalaska on her hrst cruise in Alaskan waters. 

 She proceeded to Unimak I'ass, cruise<l along the southern sliore of Unimak 

 Island, tiien visited Davidson P.ank, and traveled along the lishing haid^s as far 

 east as Sannak Islands. I>uring this trip no lishing vessels were sighted. 



On June 18 she left L'nalaska for a cruise in the vicinity of Slime P.ank. The 

 oidy vessel seen on this trip was the American schooner Waironu, to which 

 mail was delivered an«l to the crew of which medical treatment was afforded. 

 Th<' cutter later left for the Pribilof Islands and cruised in that vicinity for 

 more than a week, but found no vessels in need of assistance. Two more trips 

 were ma<le to the Pribilof Islands and Slime Bank and to other lishing banks 

 in Bristol Bay as far east as Ugashik Kiver. While on one of these cnii.ses 

 the American sclutoner f'Hii of Papeete was boarded and medical treatment 

 given to some members of her crew. 



