FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY. 



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D1SBUR.SEMENTS TO St. Paul Natives for Sealing Operation's, Calendar Year 



1919. 



o For 645 seals 6 years and over taken Nov. 8 to Dec. 31. Fund later divided as follows: 22 first-clasS 

 men, $18 each; 11 second class, $10 each; 3 third class, $13 each; 1 fourth class, $10; and 4 fifth class, 

 $6 each. 



b Allowed 2 native foremen. 



St. George Island. — The number of skins taken on St. George Island 

 in the calendar year 1919 was 3,768. No skins were taken on this 

 island after August 10 except from seals killed for food purposes, and 

 no payments were made for taking such skins. Of the 3,768 skins 

 taken, payment for 2,768 was on the basis of 50 cents each and for 

 586 on the basis of $1 each. The natives participatmg in the opera- 

 tions were divided into six classes according to their abilitj' and the 

 amount of work performed. The division was made as follows: 



Disbursements to St. George Natives for Sealing Operations, Calendar 



Year 1919. 



a Allowed 2 native foremen. 



PAYMENTS FOR TAKING FOX SKINS. 



As in previous seasons, the natives of the Pribilofs were paid $5 

 for each fox skin taken in the season of 1918-19. The 144 skins taken 

 on St. Paul Island yielded the natives of that island an aggregate of 

 $720, which was divided among 38 persons in amounts vaiying in 

 accordance with their respective earnings. The aggregate of $2,765 

 due the St. George natives for the 553 skins taken was divided among 

 29 persons in accordance with their respective earnings. The pay- 

 ments were made from the proceeds of the sale of the skins 



As in previous years, formal record was made as of March 31 of 

 certain important facts regarding the native inhabitants of the 

 Pribilofs. On March 31, 1919, the number of native inhabitants on 

 St. Paul Island was 188 and on St. George Island 122, a total of 310. 

 The corresponding figures for March 31, 1918, were: St. Paul Island, 

 199; St. George Island, 123, a total of 322. These figures show a 

 total decrease of 12 in the year ended March 31, 1919. When the 

 natives away from the islands, prospectively only temporarily, were 

 taken into consideration, the total number on March 31, 1918, was 



