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ALASKA FISHEKIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES, 1911. 



If at the end of each month an unexpended balance of a family's 

 allotment for provisions and clothing is found and the native desires 

 to take this unexpended balance in cash, he may do so at the end of 

 each month. This is in addition to any cash the sealer may receive 

 from the undivided surplus expected to accrue at the end of the year. 



The idea ol cash payments is to encourage economy and thrift in 

 the purchase of supphes. The native is invited to save such amounts 

 of cash as he can, to be used either to open a bank account or to pur- 

 chase articles of comfort or use other than the necessaries of Life. 



CENSUS OF NATIVE INHABITANTS. 



The census taken June 30, 1911, showed 190 resident natives on 

 St. Paul and 99 on St. George, or a total of 289. This is the same 

 total shown by the previous annual census, for while there was a net 

 decrease of 8 on St. Paul there was a hke increase on St. George. 



The following is an abstract of the 1911 detailed census statement 

 filed at the Bureau of Fisheries in Washington: 



PoPtTLATION OF PeIBILOF ISLANDS JUNE 30, 1911. 



MANAGEMENT OF THE SEAL HERD. 



MARKING OF BACHELORS FOR BREEDING RESERVE. 



Under instructions from the Bureau the practice of marking bach- 

 elor seals to form a breeding reserve of male seals, which was begim 

 in 1904, was continued through the season of 1911. As directed, 

 1,000 3-year-old males were selected for this purpose, 800 being ob- 

 tained on St. Paul and 200 on St. George. The following is a Ust of 

 the drives and the number marked in each; 



