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reindeer, none of which shall be under four years of age, for 

 every hundred reindeer in the herd, for the support of ap- 

 prentices, but the sale or barter of such meat is not per- 

 mitted. 



Apprentices are required to bind themselves to obey the 

 rules and regulations, which also govern all reindeer re- 

 ceived by them during their apprenticeship. Each ap- 

 proved apprentice receives the following numbers of rein- 

 deer at the end of each year of his apprenticeship: end of 

 first year, six reindeer (four females and two males) ; second 

 year, eight reindeer (five females and three males); third 

 year, ten reindeer (six females and four males) ; fourth year, 

 ten reindeer (six females and four males). Additional rein- 

 deer are provided in certain cases. At the end of the fourth 

 year, if the apprentice has been faithful and successful, and 

 is at least twenty-one years of age, he can be certified as a 

 trained herder. When a native herder owns at least fifty 

 reindeer he may train apprentices and distribute reindeer 

 to them according to the aforementioned rate per annum. 

 Additional apprentices may be trained by such a herder, as 

 his herd increases, according to a fixed scale. 



The herders may sell, exchange, give, kill, or in any way 

 dispose of female reindeer, only to the government, or, by 

 official sanction, to another native inhabitant of Alaska. 

 Each native herder must remain with his herd at least ten 

 months each year, or arrange for a competent substitute. 

 Intemperance or continued neglect involves forfeiture of the 

 herd, either to a member of the herder's family competent 

 to manage it or to the government. 



No female reindeer may be sold or disposed of to any 

 person other than a resident native of Alaska, and such 

 sale or disposal must have official sanction. Only com- 

 petent herders may receive such reindeer. 



The following are the latest complete official statistics 

 regarding the United States reindeer service in Alaska, as 

 given in the annual report of the work of the Bureau of 



