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on St. Paul Island and left the islands on the Saturn in June. Mr. 
Haley was succeeded by Richard Culbertson, who arrived at St. Paul 
Island on the Saturn June 17. Dr. Washington C. Huyler was ap- 
pointed physician for St. Paul Island, but resigned soon after his 
arrival and returned on the Saturn in November. Dr. J. J. Rich- 
stein, resigned, left St. Paul Island at the same time. Dr. G. B. 
Bowlby was appointed to succeed Dr. Huyler and was en route to 
the island via Kodiak at the close of the year. Warden Joseph N. 
Braun arrived at St. George Island on the Algonquin September 19, 
having been detailed for general duty there during the winter. 
In the list of temporary employees was Dr. G. Dallas Hanna, cura- 
tor of invertebrate paleontology at the California Academy of Sci- 
ences and formerly in the Alaska service of the Bureau, who arrived 
at the islands on the Saturn June 16 and left on the same vessel Sep- 
tember 9; in the interim he was engaged in taking the annual census 
of fur seals, making several trips between the islands. Dr. H. A. 
Swanson was employed as a dentist for several months, spending 
part of his time on each island. W. C. Allis, special assistant on St. 
Paul Island, left there in October for a winter in the south, having 
been on the island since early in 1919. H. A. Peterson, sealing assist- 
ant, arrived on the Saturn in June and remained for the winter. 
Messrs. W. P. Zschorna, F. L. Milligan, O. E. Klockenbrink, M. 
Syron, and J. H. Quatmann, employees of Funsten Bros. & Co., 
of St. Louis, spent the summer on the island in connection with ex- 
perimental work in improving methods of handling and salting seal- 
skins. Mr. Milligan spent part of his time on St. George Island. 
Andrew Pearson and Ole Holum, carpenters, were on hand from 
May until November; the former was continuously on St. Paul 
Island but the latter was sent to St. George Island for a few weeks. 
Ward T. Bower, of the Washington office, visited the islands dur- 
ing the summer for the purpose of getting in closer contact with the 
activities there, reaching the islands July 1 and leaving July 18. 
Passage between the islands and King Cove was furnished by the 
Bureauw’s vessel £vder, and between King Cove and Seattle by com- 
mercial vessels. 
PURCHASE AND TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES. 
As in previous seasons, printed schedules of annual supplies of 
general merchandise required for the Pribilof Islands were prepared 
and competitive bids received for the sale and delivery of the goods 
at Seattle, Wash. Through the courtesy of the Navy Department the 
radio tender Saturn was made available for the transportation of the 
annual supplies, the vessel making two trips to the islands to com- 
plete the work. 
On the first trip the Saturn had considerable cargo for the radio 
stations, hence only part of the Bureau’s supplies could be taken. 
On this voyage the vessel sailed from Seattle August 8, carrying 260 
tons of general supplies, 77,000 feet of lumber, and 225 tons of coal 
for St. George Island; and a shipment of empty barrels, 80 tons of 
coal, and a few tons of general merchandise for St. Paul Island. 
Owing to unusually severe weather conditions, however, but very 
little of this cargo was discharged at the Pribilofs, the major portion 
