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OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL A<;I:M. 



TuKAsum DEI>AKTME:VT, 

 Washington, 1). ('., Decani her 1, /*'/.>. 



SIK: I have tlic honor of submitting 1 my annual report on the seal 

 fisheries of Alaska. 



Following -your instructions of May !>. I proceeded to San Francisco, 

 Cal.. arriving there on the 17th, and on the 2()th embarked on the North 

 American Commercial Company's steamer I^akntc, en route for the seal 

 islands, accompanied by Assistant Special Agent Thomas 10. Adams. 



\Ve readied St. George Island .June !>. where Mr. Adams was placed 

 in charge temporarily, relieving Assistant Special Agent Jacob 10. Zie- 

 bach during the summer. On the 10th of June I proceeded to St. J > aul 

 Island, on board the ("nited States revenue cutter /Yrr//. tinding 

 Assistant Special Agent James Judge in charge. He was permitted to 

 so remain until September 1,'J. when he was relieved by Special Agent 

 Adams after the return of Special Agent Ziebach to St. George. I 

 found on my arrival at the seal islands the business atVairs of the Gov- 

 ernment intact. 



NATIVES. 



The native inhabitants had been properly cared for during the winter. 

 Their health was good. The mortality light, as is evidenced by the 

 census reports and the reports of t he resident physicians <>n the islands 

 of St. Paul and St. George, marked lOxhibit A. 



The order of the Department, that the lessees should erect suitable 

 water clo>ets at the duelling of each native family on the islands, has 

 been complied with. The villages undergo a thorough cleaning both 

 spring and fall, and the sanitary condition is good. 



The lessees have complied with the terms of their contract toward 

 their subjects for support: namely, widows and orphans, and the aged 

 and infirm who are unable to provide for themselves. 



School was maintained on each of the islands eight months during 

 the past year, as required by the terms of the lease. 



The sum expended out of the appropriation. *ll>,r>on, for the fiscal 

 year ending June .'ill, lsi)f>. for the support of the natives on the seal 



islands was as follows: 



. .f 10. '.GO. !C) 



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