﻿FUR-SEAL 
  SERVICE. 
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  PELAGIC 
  SEALING. 
  

  

  Reports 
  are 
  received 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  probable 
  pros- 
  

   pective 
  plans 
  to 
  take 
  seals 
  illegally. 
  The 
  clues 
  furnished 
  are 
  always 
  

   followed 
  up 
  assiduously, 
  but 
  so 
  far 
  with 
  negative 
  results. 
  It 
  is 
  safe 
  

   to 
  state 
  that 
  illegal 
  pelagic 
  sealing 
  at 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  

   Islands 
  herd 
  has 
  entirely 
  ceased. 
  

  

  The 
  North 
  Pacific 
  Sealing 
  Convention 
  of 
  July 
  7, 
  1911, 
  allows, 
  under 
  

   certain 
  conditions, 
  Indians, 
  Aleuts, 
  or 
  other 
  aborigines 
  dwelling 
  on 
  

   the 
  coasts 
  of 
  America 
  to 
  take 
  fur 
  seals. 
  The 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  approved 
  

   August 
  24, 
  1912, 
  giving 
  effect 
  to 
  that 
  convention, 
  restricted 
  the 
  

   privileges 
  allowed 
  by 
  the 
  convention 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  prohibiting 
  the 
  

   killing 
  of 
  fur 
  seals 
  within 
  the 
  3-mile 
  limit 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  Bureau 
  is 
  informed, 
  no 
  persons 
  in 
  Alaska 
  availed 
  

   themselves 
  of 
  their 
  privileges 
  in 
  1914. 
  In 
  April, 
  1914, 
  Indians 
  under 
  

   the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  the 
  Neah 
  Bay, 
  Wash., 
  superintendency 
  took, 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  spears, 
  14 
  fur 
  seals, 
  of 
  which 
  12 
  were 
  females. 
  

  

  RADIO 
  SERVICE. 
  

  

  The 
  radio 
  stations 
  maintained 
  by 
  the 
  Navy 
  Department 
  on 
  both 
  

   St. 
  Paul 
  and 
  St 
  George 
  Islands 
  continued 
  to 
  render 
  invaluable 
  

   service 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries. 
  For 
  several 
  months 
  during 
  each 
  

   winter 
  season 
  the 
  islands 
  are 
  without 
  other 
  means 
  of 
  communication 
  

   with 
  each 
  other 
  or 
  with 
  the 
  outside 
  world. 
  For 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  several 
  

   months, 
  beginning 
  in 
  October, 
  1913, 
  the 
  radio 
  station 
  on 
  St. 
  George 
  

   Island 
  was 
  operated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Dallas 
  Hanna, 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  school- 
  

   teacher 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  PURCHASE 
  OF 
  ANNUAL 
  SUPPLIES. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  preliminary 
  arrangements 
  were 
  undertaken 
  at 
  

   Seattle 
  for 
  the 
  annual 
  purchase 
  of 
  general 
  supplies 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  with 
  the 
  fur-seal 
  service 
  at 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands. 
  For 
  trans- 
  

   porting 
  these 
  to 
  the 
  islands 
  the 
  steamer 
  Melville 
  Dollar 
  was 
  char- 
  

   tered. 
  The 
  purchasing 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  portion 
  was 
  consummated 
  in 
  

   June, 
  and 
  dispatched 
  from 
  Seattle 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  that 
  month. 
  

   Additional 
  supplies 
  were 
  later 
  obtained 
  at 
  Unalaska 
  and 
  Seattle. 
  

   The 
  aggregate 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  supplies 
  purchased 
  for 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  the 
  

   calendar 
  year 
  1914 
  was 
  approximately 
  $40,000. 
  

  

  CENSUS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FUR-SEAL 
  HERD. 
  

  

  As 
  in 
  preceding 
  years, 
  a 
  census 
  of 
  the 
  fur 
  seals 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  

   Pribilof 
  Islands 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1914. 
  The 
  method 
  of 
  

   taking 
  the 
  census 
  is 
  fully 
  discussed 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  submitted 
  by 
  the 
  

   investigators 
  selected 
  by 
  the 
  Department 
  to 
  make 
  special 
  studies 
  of 
  

   the 
  fur-sea] 
  herd 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  