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Mrs. A. H. Proctor. In September Harry J. Christoffers, an assistant 
agent in the Alaska service, reported at St. Paul Island to relieve 
Agent Fassett during the latter’s leave of absence. 
NEW REGULATIONS. 
Definite regulations in regard to the landing and use of intoxicating 
liquors on the Pribilof Islands were promulgated by Department: of 
Commerce Circular No, 257, dated March 1, 1915. The regulations 
are as follows: 
The Department of Commerce is charged by law with the administration of the Prib- 
ilof Islands. In order to promote the moral, mental, and physical welfare of the native 
inhabitants, who are the wards of the Government, the Department. has adopted the 
following regulations regarding the delivery and use of intoxicating liquors, which 
regulations supersede any that may heretofore have been issued by the Department or 
the Bureau of Fisheries: 
1. The agent on each island shall be the sole custodian of all Government supplies of 
alcohol or alcoholic liquors thereon, and shall be responsible for the proper use thereof. 
He shall at his discretion give out the same as requisitioned by the responsible employ- 
ees, and shall keep a permanent record of the issuance of each lot, stating the person to 
whom issued, the kind and quantity, and the purpose for which intended. 
2. The giving of intoxicating liquors to the natives of the Pribilof Islands, except as 
medicine and in religious ceremoneis, is positively prohibited under all circumstances. 
In view of the example which the Department considers highly desirable for its repre- 
sentatives to set for the native inhabitants of the islands, the prescribing of alcohol as a 
medicine is regarded with disfavor and as being rarely if ever indispensable. When 
in the opinion of the official physician on either island it is necessary to administer an 
alcoholic liquor as a medicine, he shall in each case make a permanent public record 
thereof, stating the kind and amount required, the name of the patient, and the nature 
of the disease or condition requiring such treatment. 
3. The making of ‘‘quass”’ or other alcoholic drink by the natives is prohibited, and 
the agents and other officials of the Department will take all necessary steps to dis- 
courage and prevent this practice. Natives who, after due warning, continue to make 
or use such liquors will be properly disciplined. The agents are authorized to with- 
hold from such natives all supplies from which quass or other intoxicating beverages 
can be made, and, when necessary, to send offenders away from the islands at the first 
opportunity. 
4. Under no circumstances are any alcoholic liquors supplied by the Government to 
be used for the personal purposes of employees. 
5. All requisitions for alcohol or alcoholic liquors intended for public medicinal or 
scientific purposes shall be submitted by the agents and approved by the Commissioner 
of Fisheries. 
6. All alcoholic liquors requisitioned for the purpose of the Russian churches on the 
islands shall be paid for by the church authorities and shall, before shipment, receive 
the written sanction of the proper church officials, transmitted through the Depart- 
ment of Commerce. The agents will deal with any abuses which may result from the 
improper use by natives of alcoholic liquors consigned for the purposes of the Russian 
churches, 
7. No alcohol or alcoholic liquor of any kind shall be landed on the Pribilof Islands 
except by authority of the Secretary of Commerce or the Commissioner of Fisheries and 
with the knowledge of the respective agents. Officers commanding Coast Guard, 
naval, fishery, or other Government vessels which may visit the islands are requested 
to make no delivery of alcohol or alcoholic liquor except official consignments, accom- 
