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wise the bureau is indebted to the Coast Guard for transportation 

 afforded on vessels of that service. The bureau's vessel Eider and the 

 steamship Buford also transported supplies. 



POWER SCHOONER " EIDER " 



The power schooner Eider proceeded to Seattle early in the year, 

 where a new 140-horsepower Atlas Diesel engine was installed, and 

 then returned to Alaska in connection with the salmon fisheries and 

 the fur-seal work. 



CONSTRUCTION WORK 



On St. Paul Island the enlargement of the building used as a 

 general residence for employees was finished, and the construction 

 of three cottages, also for employees, was carried well toward com- 

 pletion. A greenhouse for supplying fresh vegetables was built. 

 Progress was made on the new roadway between the village and 

 Northeast Point. 



On St. George Island improvements to the wharf at the village 

 and the construction of a residence for the physician were completed. 

 A double concrete dwelling for natives' use and a garage for the 

 station's trucks were built. A washhouse and a pumphouse for the 

 prospective work of washing and blubbering sealskins on this island 

 also were built. 



WATERWORKS 



Further tests were made to determine whether the amount of 

 water obtainable from Ice House Lake would be adequate to supply 

 the needs of the village on St, Paul Island. The results being favor- 

 able, the work of laying a 4-inch wood pipe between the village 

 and the lake was begun early in September and continued until 

 about the middle of October, when it became necessary to discon- 

 tinue operations for the season. About 1,600 feet of pipe were laid. 



BY-PRODUCTS PLANT 



The work of putting the by-products plant on St. Paul Island in 

 operation for the season was begun on July 5, and operations for 

 production purposes were begun July 14. The blubber from seal- 

 skins and a quantity of seal carcasses were utilized for the manu- 

 facture of oil and meal. During the season, which continued a few 

 weeks, there were produced 8,703 pounds of seal meal, 4,504 gallons 

 of blubber oil, 1,277 gallons of press oil, and 144 gallons of oil foots. 



Of the season's output all the blubber oil (4,504 gallons) and 

 763 gallons of the press oil were shipped to the Fouke Fur Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo. The shipment from St. Paul Island to Seattle was by 

 the United States Coast Guard cutter Bear^ which received the oil 

 aboard September 17. Forty-nine gallons of press oil were sent to 

 St. George Island for experimental fox feeding. There were re- 

 served for experimental fox feeding on St. Paul Island 465 gallons 

 of press oil, 144 gallons of oil foots, and the 8,703 pounds of seal 

 meal. There was also at the plant, available for fox feeding, an 

 additional 2,213 pounds of seal meal manufactured previous to 1923. 



