122 INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



The only method of retunung these deer i.s to purchase a corre- 

 spoiiduig iuiin])er in Siberia and l)ring them to Ahiska. This requires 

 the additional sum of ^12,500, which is asked for this year, making 

 $25,000 in all. 



Also, last October I submitted for your consideration the following 

 estimate of the needs of education in Alaska for the fiscal j^ear ending 

 June 30, 1900. In this estimate were three ofiicials at salaries amount- 

 ing to ^,230; rent, $255; traveling expenses, $421; 27 teachers at 

 $19,102.40; supplies for 20 schools, $1,251.48; fuel and lights for 20 

 schools, $1,101.90; repairs on 20 schools, $220.49; freight on the 

 a])ove, $3,302.59; making an aggregate of $29,974.95. This is upon 

 the basis of the expenditures for the 3'ear ending June 30, 1898, and 

 the $30,000 is all needed for the schools that are already in existence. 

 Since the discovery of gold and the rapid influx of miners into Alaska 

 villages with a varying population of from 100 to 3,000 people are 

 springing up through all that mining region, and it is estimated that 

 during the last three years upward of 40,000 people have settled in 

 Alaska. Some of the miners have brought their families with them, 

 and others would bring their families if they could be sure of school 

 facilities. Congress has provided no way for taxation for school pur- 

 poses. From every section urgent calls are being made for the estab- 

 lishment of new schools. The following is a list of the additional 

 schools needed, with estimated expense: 



Place. 



Number 

 of chil- 

 dren. 



Cost of 

 houses. 



Cost of 

 supplies. 



Teachers' 

 salaries. 



Total 

 expenses. 



Kotzebue Soiuxl. 



Unalaklik 



Yakutat 



Bethel 



Carmel 



Golovin Bay 



St. Michael". 



Peavey 



Circle City 



Rampart 



Wearc 



Dyea 



Skagway 



Kosoreffskv 



50 

 100 



50 



:50 



50 

 50 

 30 

 75 

 100 

 100 



81,500 

 1,500 

 1,500 

 1,500 

 1,500 

 1,500 

 2,500 



ft 500 

 3,000 



2,000 

 2,000 



«300 

 300 

 300 

 300 

 300 

 300 

 500 

 500 

 500 

 500 

 400 

 2.50 

 250 

 300 



S500 



500 



500 



600 



500 



500 



1,200 



l,-200 



1,200 



1,200 



1,200 



900 



900 



500 



«2,300 

 2,300 

 2,300 

 2,300 

 2,300 

 2,300 

 4,200 

 1,700 

 2,200 

 4,700 

 1,000 

 3,1.50 

 3,150 

 800 



Total , 



25,000 



a For repairs. 



Thus the necessities of education in Alaska require for the coming 

 year $25,000. In the estimates of appropriations (p. 276) the amount 

 asked for is $40,000; but for the opening of additional schools, which 

 are imperatively needed, $30,000 additional is required, making 

 $70,000 in all. It is possible that the opening of schools at one or 

 two places may be postponed for another year, reducing this estimate 

 to $60,000. 



I am informed that it is proposed in the coming Congressional legis- 

 lation with regard to Ahiska to apply the receipts for high license, 



