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and the fur-seal oil produced at the byproducts plant on St. Paul 

 Island, which was brought out in September and November. 



The north-bound voyages of the Penguin were as follows: February 

 3-24; May 1-13; June 12-22; August' 2 1-September 3; and October 

 14-26. South-bound voyages covered the following periods: Feb- 

 ruary 27-March 20; May 19-30; August 2-12; September 19-October 

 1; and November 2-14. On these voyages transportation was fur- 

 nished to 74 passengers for the Bureau, including 26 employees of the 

 Fouke Fur Co. who assisted with the season's sealing activities at the 

 islands, and 9 persons connected with the Bureau's salmon patrol and 

 investigations in Alaska. The vessel also transported 25 passengers 

 for the Navy, 6 for the Office of Indian Affairs, 3 for the Coast Guard, 

 1 for the Bureau of Lighthouses, 2 Territorial teachers, and 10 unofficial 

 travelers. 



Deputy Commissioner Charles E. Jackson and party transferred 

 from the Brant to the Penguin at Unalaska on July, 14 and were taken 

 to the Pribilof Islands for observation of the fur-seal activities. From 

 there the Penguin took them to Naknek, where they boarded the 

 Scoter on July 18. ^ 



The Penguin cruised 30,063 nautical miles during the year. 



ST. PAUL ISLAND RADIO STATION 



Having augmented its radio facilities at Dutch Harbor, the Navy 

 Department in 1937 discontinued as a part of the Coast Signal Serv- 

 ice the operation of its combined radio transmitting and receiving 

 station and radio direction finder station at St. Paul Island. 



In view of the activities of the Bureau of Fisheries at the Pribilof 

 Islands and the need for maintaining radio service in that isolated 

 region, a radio transmitter and three receivers, together with such 

 associated equipment as required for their operation, two small radio 

 telephone sets for interisland communication, and all the buildings at 

 the radio station were made available for the use of the Department 

 of Commerce under a revocable permit. Custody of the station was 

 transferred to the latter department on August 10, 1937. In lieu of 

 the radio direction finder, which was discontinued, a radiobeacon was 

 installed by the Bureau of Lighthouses. 



Under the conditions of transfer, (a) Navy personnel visiting the 

 islands will inspect the Navy-owned equipment to insure it is in 

 satisfactory operating condition and will make such repairs as may 

 be necessary without labor charge; (6) spare parts, crystals, etc., for 

 use with Navy-owned radio equipment may be purchased by the 

 Department of Commerce through the navy yard at Puget Sound; 

 (c) Navy-owned equipment which may become obsolete or which 

 may not be required for further use will be reported to the Com- 

 mandant, Navy Yard, Puget Sound, for removal; ((/) additions, altera- 

 tions, or replacements to existing buildings or equipment ma}^ be 

 made by the Department of Commerce but will revert to the Navy 

 in the event the radio station is retransferred to the Navy in the 

 future; but items of miscellaneous material and equipment, such as 

 furniture, furnishings, tools, etc., may be expended from the in- 

 ventory without replacement at the discretion of the Secretary of 

 Commerce; and (e) annotations of the itemized inventory of the Navy- 

 owned property will be made periodically by a representative of the 



