140 MANAGEMENT OF THE SEAL ROOKERIES. 



WorMufjsoftiieinents of the Act of 1870:^ that m compliance 



lease of 1870. _ \ 



with the terms of the lease (many of which are 

 not contained in the Act of 1870) the lessees 

 furnished the inhabitants of the islands with a 

 large number of commodious dwellings, without 

 charging rent, and making free repairs;^ built 

 them two free schools;^ kept stores at which goods 

 were sold at low prices;^ supplied them with 

 free provisions, medicines, and medical attend- 

 ance;^ established and maintained for them a 

 savings bank, with a total of over forty thousand 

 dollars of deposits,** and prohibited the sale of 

 intoxicating liquors on the islands/ 



CONDITION OF THE NATIVES. 



The improvement in the condition of tlie 

 natives of the Pribilof Islands is one of the 

 marked features of the benefit which has resulted 



' Report No. 623, House of Representatives, Forty-fourth Con- 

 gress, first session, p. 11; Report No. 3883, House of Representa- 

 tives, Fiftieth Congress, second session, p. xxiii. 



^Report No. 623, House of Rei)resentatives, Forty-fourth Con- 

 gress, first session, p. 30; Report No. 3883, House of Representa- 

 tives, Fiftieth Congress, second session., pp. 31, 32. 



^Report No. 623, House of Representatives, Forty-fourth Con- 

 gress, first session, pp. 30, 33 ; Report No. 3883, House of Represen- 

 tatives, Fiftieth Congress, second session, p. 31. 



■•Report No. 623, House of RepresentatiA'^es, Forty-fourth Con- 

 gress, first session, p. 30, No. 3883, House of Representatives, 

 Fiftieth Congress, second session, p. 32. 



6 Same report, p. 30. 



6 " " p. 31. 



' " " p. 32. 



