﻿FUR-SEAL 
  SERVICE." 
  

  

  GOVERNMENT 
  EMPLOYEES 
  ON 
  PRIBILOF 
  ISLANDS. 
  

  

  The 
  statutory 
  officers 
  and 
  employees 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands 
  during 
  

   the 
  calendar 
  year 
  1914 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  St. 
  Paul 
  Island: 
  Agent 
  and 
  caretaker, 
  Philip 
  R. 
  E. 
  Hatton, 
  suc- 
  

   ceeded 
  by 
  Harry 
  C. 
  Fassett; 
  storekeeper, 
  Leonard 
  M. 
  Tongue, 
  suc- 
  

   ceeded 
  by 
  E. 
  M. 
  Ball; 
  school-teachers, 
  Mr. 
  and 
  Mrs. 
  Alvin 
  G. 
  Whitney, 
  

   succeeded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  and 
  Mi's. 
  G. 
  Dallas 
  Hanna; 
  physician, 
  Henry 
  

   Esmond, 
  succeeded 
  by 
  William 
  B. 
  Hunter. 
  

  

  St. 
  George 
  Island: 
  Agent 
  and 
  caretaker, 
  A. 
  H. 
  Proctor; 
  school- 
  

   teacher, 
  G. 
  DaUas 
  Hanna, 
  succeeded 
  by 
  George 
  Haley; 
  physician, 
  

   William 
  M. 
  Murphy. 
  

  

  The 
  appropriations 
  also 
  provided 
  for 
  janitor 
  service, 
  for 
  which 
  

   natives 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  were 
  employed. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  voluntary 
  resignations 
  and 
  of 
  an 
  investigation 
  of 
  

   the 
  general 
  conditions 
  on 
  the 
  islands 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  department, 
  

   through 
  a 
  board 
  constituted 
  for 
  the 
  purpose, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   reorganization 
  of 
  the 
  personnel 
  and 
  methods. 
  

  

  SPECIAL 
  INVESTIGATIONS. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner 
  Jones's 
  investigations 
  of 
  

   the 
  various 
  phases 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  work 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  a 
  comprehensive 
  

   report 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  January, 
  1915, 
  considerable 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  adm 
  nistrative 
  matters 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands. 
  

   Improvements 
  in 
  methods 
  of 
  work 
  were 
  inaugurated 
  and 
  recom- 
  

   mendations 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  future 
  changes 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  general 
  nature. 
  

  

  It 
  being 
  deemed 
  that 
  an 
  examination 
  and 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  precise 
  

   condition 
  of 
  the 
  fur-seal 
  herd 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  service 
  in 
  indicating 
  the 
  

   best 
  policy 
  to 
  be 
  pursued 
  by 
  the 
  Government 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  manage- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  herd, 
  the 
  Department 
  took 
  steps 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  

   secure 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  three 
  qualified 
  persons 
  who 
  might 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  

   the 
  Pribilofs 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  The 
  persons 
  selected 
  were 
  Dr. 
  George 
  

   H. 
  Parker, 
  of 
  Harvard 
  University, 
  Cambridge, 
  Mass.; 
  Mr. 
  Wilfred 
  H. 
  

   Osgood, 
  of 
  the 
  Field 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  Chicago, 
  111.; 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  Edward 
  A. 
  Preble, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Biological 
  Survey, 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  They 
  left 
  Seattle, 
  Wash., 
  on 
  the 
  revenue 
  cut- 
  

   ter 
  McCulloch 
  on 
  June 
  11 
  and 
  arrived 
  at 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island 
  on 
  June 
  21. 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  manuscript 
  reports 
  of 
  H. 
  C. 
  Fassett 
  and 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  drawn 
  on 
  freely 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  

   this 
  section. 
  

  

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