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birds, rabbits, and fo;:as. Their flesh will increase the food supply. 

 The hunters may retain the pelts of the rabbit and fox as their private 

 property. 



The supplies will be issued in the form of rations at regular intervals, 

 A statement of the amount and character of the ration and time of 

 issuing will be included in the annual report. 



Outsiders and friends are not to be allowed to gather in and eat with 

 the herders. Nor shall the herders be allowed to give away their food. 



The custom of a whole circle of relatives living off of the supplies of 

 one of their number who may have more than they is so strong among 

 them that unless you exercise constant vigilance you will find the 

 apprentices assisting many of their relatives from the Government 

 supplies. 



If at any time near relatives of the apprentices from a distance visit 

 the station, and it becomes necessary to feed them, the supplies will 

 be issued directly from the superintendent or his assistant, and not by 

 the apprentice. 



If a visiting party prolong their stay unduly, the supplies may be 

 cut oil. 



Each of the two divisions of the apprentices will form a separate 

 mess, which will be supplied with the necessary iron teakettle, boiling 

 pot, frying pan, granite-ware plates and cups, iron forks and knives. 

 These articles remain the property of the Government, and are to be 

 carried on the quarterly inventory. 



Clothing. — You will supply the apprentices with comfortable fur cloth- 

 ing according to the season. In the preparation of such clothes you 

 will use the skins obtained from the herd and the catch of seal. If 

 the supply proves insufficient, you can purchase additional seal skins 

 from the natives. As it is more economical to purchase reindeer cloth- 

 ing ready-made in Siberia than to buy the skins and make them up, 

 you will each season make out a list of the number of artegas (coats) 

 and pants needed and give the same to the purchasing agent to buy in 

 Siberia at the same time that he procures the deer. 



Reindeer skins will be furnished the apprentices for bedding, and they 

 will be carried on the inventory list as the property of the Government. 



Twice a month in suitable weather the apprentices shall be required 

 to hang their bedding in the air and sun. 



Accounts. — You will open an account with each apprentice and his 

 family, and charge against him all garments, bedding, ammunition, etc., 

 together with date of issue. Cooking utensils are to be charged against 

 the mess. 



Such an account will be a check against wastefulness, secure impar- 

 tiality of treatment, and enable the Government to keep an account of 

 the expense of training each individual. 



Once a month you will make an inventory of all clothes, bedding, 

 cooking utensils, and other Government property used by the appren- 



