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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



/St. George Island. — For the 3,079 skins taken on St. George Island 

 in the calendar year 1923 the resident natives received 75 cents per 

 skin, and in addition one native foreman received $55 and one $45 

 for special services. 



Payments to St. Oeorge Island natives for sealing operations, calendar year 1923 



Classification 



First class... 



Second class. 



Do 



Third class.. 

 Fourth class 



Classification 



Foreman (additional com- 

 pensation) 



Do 



Total. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 men 



33 



Share 



of 

 each 



Total 



$55.00 

 45.00 



2, 409. 25 



PAYMENTS FOR TAKING FOX SKINS 



For the work of taking fox skins on the Pribilof Islands the resi- 

 dent natives receive $5 for each pelt taken. In the trapping season 

 of 1922-23 there were taken on St. Paul Island 233 pelts and on St. 

 George Island 684 pelts, a total of 917, for which the St. Paul Island 

 natives received $1,165 and the St. George Island natives $3,420, a 

 total of $4,585. On St. Paul Island the taking of fox skins is a 

 matter of individual effort on the part of the natives, and each per- 

 son receives payment in accordance with the number of skins he 

 secures. On St. George Island the foxing work is collective in 

 character, and individuals share in the amount due for the total 

 number of skins taken on the island during the season in accordance 

 with what is considered to be their just shares. 



FUR-SEAL HERD 

 QUOTA FOR KILLING 



On April 18, 1923, the Secretary of Commerce approved the 

 bureau's recommendation that the quota of seals to be killed in the 

 calendar year 1923 should be 25,800 3-year-old males. This quota 

 was apportioned as follows: St. Paul Island, 23,000; St. George 

 Island, 2,800. It was provided that the interisland quotas would 

 be subject to adjustment upon short notice and that as killings 

 progressed the quotas would be subject to increase or decrease by 

 the department should developments make any change desirable. 



KILLINGS OF SEALS 



The total number of seals killed on both islands in 1923 was 

 16,920, of which 14,753 were 3-year-old males. Among the other 1,167 

 seals, 705 were 2-3'ear-old males and 246 4-year-old males. Details 

 regarding the killings are shown in the table below. 



St. Paul Island. — In the calendar year 73 drives were made and 

 12,841 skins secured, including a small number from seals that 

 died as a result of the reserving operations, were foimd dead during 

 the season, or were killed for food at odd times. 



