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was continued. During the 1937-38 season 863 fox pelts were ob- 

 tained, and a suitable number of animals were reserved for breeding 

 stock. 



The byproducts plant on St. Paul Island was again in operation 

 and yielded 29,830 gallons of fur-seal oil and 165 tons of meal. The 

 oil was sold in Seattle for commercial purposes, and the bulk of the 

 meal was made available for fish food at Federal hatcheries throughout 

 the country. 



A few additions and improvements were made to buildings at the 

 Pribilof Islands for use of natives and in the sealing industry. Roads 

 to facilitate the delivery of sealskins from the hauling grounds to the 

 curing stations were extended on both St. Paul and St. George Islands. 

 A substation was established on one of the western Aleutian Islands to 

 provide for the expansion of sea-otter investigations and patrol. 



On August 10 the Bureau took over the operation of the radio sta- 

 tion on St. Paul Island, which had been maintained previously by the 

 Navy Department and which was transferred to the Department of 

 Commerce under a revocable permit. 



The U. S. S. Sirius transported the annual shipment of supplies to 

 the Pribilof Islands and brought out the season's take of sealskins 

 and a number of passengers. Cooperative service was rendered also 

 by the Coast Guard in maintaining a patrol for the protection of the 

 fur-seal herd, and in performing other important service. 



Acknowledgment is made of the assistance by members of the 

 Bureau's staff in the preparation of this document. 



VISIT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES, AND OTHER 

 OFFICIALS, TO ALASKA 



Deputy Commissioner Charles E. Jackson sailed from Seattle for 

 Alaska on July 1 aboard the Brant to inspect the Bureau's fishery and 

 fur-seal activities. The party accompanying him on this trip included 

 Ward T. Bower, Chief of the Division of Alaska Fisheries; Leo D. 

 Sturgeon, of the Department of State; and Jack McFall, Assistant 

 Clerk of the House Appropriations Committee. W. C. Arnold, repre- 

 senting the salmon-canning industry, joined the party at Ketchikan, 

 whence the journey was continued westward to Unalaska, via Sitka, 

 Kodiak, Larsen Bay, Sand Point, False Pass, and Akutan. 



At Unalaska, on July 14, Messrs. Sturgeon and Arnold transferred 

 to the Coast Guard patrol boat Daphne for a cruise in Bristol Bay, 

 primarily for the purpose of observing operations of Japanese floating 

 canneries. They arrived at Naknek on July 16, and in due time 

 returned to Unalaska, and thence by commercial steamer to south- 

 eastern Alaska and Seattle. 



Deputy Commissioner Jackson and others of the party boarded the 

 Penguin at Unalaska on the evening of July 14, and on the following 

 day proceeded to the Pribilof Islands to inspect the Bureau's sealing 

 activities. On July 18 the Penguin transported the party to Naknek. 

 After observing fishery activities in the Bristol Bay district, both by 

 vessel and airplane, Mr. Jackson and his party crossed the portage to 

 Iliamna Bay, on Cook Inlet, where they reembarked on the Brant. 

 Stops were made at Anchorage, Seward, College Fiord, Cordova, 

 Yakutat, Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, Anan Bay, and Ketchikan, 

 and the vessel arrived at Seattle on August 8. After a visit to Port- 



