80 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
duly reimbursed from the proceeds of the sale of the dressed and 
dyed skins. Under this arrangement the funds are deposited in a 
Seattle bank to the credit of the Bureau’s authorized and bonded 
agent at the Pribilofs, who issues checks against the deposit covering 
accounts payable therefrom. 
The practice of paying the island natives for their labor in taking 
commercial skins was continued. They were paid on the basis of 
50 cents each for skins taken from seals up to and including the 
6-year-old class, and $1 each for skins taken from seals of 7 years 
and upward. No payments are made for labor in taking the skins 
of seals which are killed primarily for food. 
During the calendar year 1920 and through January 31, 1921, the 
following payments were made from funds advanced by Funsten 
Bros. & Co.: 
Salaries! Of sealing aSsistants. st. laul Wslant 2s $3,079. 49 
Wages of Aleutian Islands natives at St. Paul Island_______________ 4, 275. 48 
Amount earned by St. Raul nativess192 02822 0s Se See ee 11, 112. 00 
Amount earned by St. George Island natives, 1920_-___________=_--= 2, 127. 00 
Total: 2 22222-2232 oe a aie ee ree eee 20, 593. 92 
Tn addition to the above total, the sum of $645 was paid the natives 
of St. Paul Island during 1920, this amount representing an unpaid 
credit for the year 1919, which was entered as an undivided credit 
in the list of expenditures for that year. 
Owing to the death of Peter Tetoff, one of the natives at St. Paul 
Island, there remains an unpaid balance of $246.50 on account of 
the sealing work for 1920 on that island; this amount will be paid 
to the estate of the deceased when it is settled, thus closing the 
account. 
St. Paul Island—Of the 22,220 skins taken on St. Paul Island 
during the calendar year 1920, the native workmen received payment 
for 21,097 skins at the rate of 50 cents each and 710 skins at the rate 
of $1 each; the other skins were from seals killed for food for which 
no payment was made. The fund was divided among the participat- 
ing natives according to their ability, as follows: 
DISBURSEMENTS TO ST. PAUL NATIVES FOR SEALING OPERATIONS, CALENDAR 
YEAR 1920. 
{ 
Num- Num- 
Classification. ber of Share of Total. Classification. ber of Share of Total. 
each. each. 
men. | 
Hirshiclasskes ce eee 28 $246.50 | $6,902. 00 Fifth class E atapepe ee eee 3 | $99.50 $298. 50 
Second class.....--... 13 197. 50 2,567. 50 || Additional compensa- 
MNhindiclasssseses-sssee 7 160. 00 1, 120. 00 Clone ease. gaan asec e |Beosascece 100. 00 
ourthiclassee=se.cs-o2 3 123. 50 370. 50 —— 
Totalasee seer 5a | Stale | 11,358.50 
1 Allowed 2 native foremen. 
St. George Island. —Of the 4,428 skins taken on St. George Island 
during the calendar year 1920, 4,030 were paid for at the rate of 50 
cents each and 12 at the rate of $1 each; the balance of the year’s 
take was composed of skins from seals killed for food for which 
no credit was allowed. The resulting fund was divided among the 
natives who took part in the operations according to the extent and 
