58 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



PAYMENTS FOR TAKING POX SKINS. 



Following the plan of the past seasons, natives at the Prihilofs were 

 paid for their labor in taking fox skins during the winter of 1920-21 

 on the basis of $5 for each skin secured. The funds are credited to 

 each community as a whole and are later divided amon^ the partici- 

 pating workmen according to the extent and skill of their worlc. On 

 St. Paul Island 136 skins were taken, resulting in a total credit of $680 

 to be divided among 35 men. On St. George Island 1,003 skins were 

 obtained, making a total credit of $5,015 to be divided among 30 men. 

 These sums were paid from the proceeds of the sale of skins in Sep- 

 tember. 



CENSUS. 



The annual census of native inhabitants of the Pribilof Islands was 

 taken, in pursuance of custom, as of March 31, 1921. The 14 natives 

 of St. Paul Island residing elsewhere, as stated in the census of March 

 31, 1920, have taken up permanent residence at Unalaska and do not 

 intend to return to the rribilofs. A native boy, son of one of these 

 families, who is attending school at Chemawa, is also, therefore, 

 dropped from the St. Paul records. There are restored to the record 

 two natives of St. Paul at Salem Indian Training School who were 

 inadvertently omitted from the tabulation appearmg in the preceding 

 published report. Details of the census appear in the following 

 statement: 



Recapitulation ofcensiis of natives, Pribilof Islands, March SI, 1921. 



St. Paul Island: 



Resident population Mar. 31, 1920 188 



Births in year ended Mar. 31, 1921 12 



200 

 Arrivals in year (from St. George Island) 2 



202 

 Deaths in year 5 



197 

 Departures in year, permanent (to Unalaska) 5 



192 

 Departures in year, temporary (to Unalaska) 4 



Total native resident population Mar. 31, 1921 188 



Natives at Salem Indian Training School, Chemawa, Oreg 5 



Others temporarily residing elsewhere 4 



Total natives accredited to St. Paul Island 197 



St. George Island: 



Resident population Mar. 31, 1920 128 



Births in year ended Mar. 31, 1921 6 



134 

 Arrivals in year (from Unalaska) 1 



135 

 Deaths in year 10 



125 



