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St. George Island. — The medical building begun in 1928 was com- 

 pleted. On the first floor it has living quarters for the resident phy- 

 sician and his family, an ofhce, a dispensary, and a small operating 

 room. On the second floor there are two rooms for patients, a bath- 

 room, and a dental operating room. 



In the course of the year the building of two 5-room, two 4-room, 

 and two 3-room houses, all for natives, was begun. It was planned 

 to complete these buildings in the winter of 1929-30. 



The salt house was altered so as to provide for more kenches for 

 the salting of fur-seal skins. A new store was built, the building 

 being a 2-storv structure of which the second floor is to be used for 



FiiHHE 11.— New concrete residences for natives, St. Paul Island, Alaska 



the storage of suppUes. A shelter shed for cattle and a small smoke- 

 house were also built. 



BY-PRODUCTS PLANT 



The by-products plant on St. Paul Island w^as not operated in 1929, 

 as suflScient materials wxre on hand to provide fox feed and take care 

 of other requirements. Plans are under way for the construction 

 of a new plant which will be provided with modern equipment. This 

 will enable an improved quality of output and provide for more effec- 

 tive and profitable utihzation of the seal carcasses available for reduc- 

 tion purposes. 



NATIVES 



The annual census, taken as of December 31, 1929, showed 215 

 native residents on St. Paul Island. In addition, four St. Paul 

 Island natives were in the States enrolled at the Salem Indian School, 

 Chemawa, Oreg., and five elsewhere, making a total of 224 accredited 

 to the island. Four natives were recorded as having permanently 

 left the island and five, of whom four were from St. George Island, 



