﻿GENEEAL 
  ADMINISTKATIVE 
  KEPORT. 
  9 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  earliest 
  opportunity 
  the 
  vessel 
  should 
  be 
  converted 
  to 
  an 
  

   oil 
  burner. 
  The 
  steaming 
  radius 
  can 
  thus 
  be 
  more 
  than 
  doubled, 
  and 
  

   the 
  cost 
  of 
  operation 
  wiU 
  be 
  reduced. 
  Another 
  point 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  

   identity 
  of 
  the 
  boat 
  will 
  be 
  less 
  obvious. 
  Since 
  so 
  few 
  cannery 
  

   tenders 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  are 
  now 
  operated 
  by 
  steam, 
  the 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  smoke 
  affords 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  notice 
  of 
  approach 
  and 
  may 
  

   give 
  sufficient 
  warning 
  to 
  enable 
  any 
  violators 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  to 
  remove 
  

   all 
  evidence 
  of 
  their 
  illegal 
  fishing. 
  

  

  Aside 
  from 
  the 
  positions 
  of 
  master 
  and 
  engineer, 
  much 
  trouble 
  has 
  

   been 
  experienced 
  in 
  keeping 
  a 
  crew 
  on 
  the 
  Osjprey. 
  This 
  is 
  because 
  

   of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  in 
  fixing 
  the 
  rates 
  of 
  pay 
  Congress 
  did 
  not 
  make 
  pro- 
  

   vision 
  for 
  subsistence 
  allowances. 
  After 
  each 
  man 
  pays 
  his 
  share 
  of 
  

   the 
  mess 
  bill 
  the 
  net 
  wage 
  balance 
  is 
  so 
  small 
  as 
  to 
  offer 
  no 
  induce- 
  

   ment 
  for 
  service. 
  Either 
  a 
  20 
  per 
  cent 
  increase 
  in 
  pay 
  should 
  be 
  

   made 
  by 
  Congress 
  covering 
  these 
  positions, 
  or 
  the 
  equivalent 
  in 
  

   subsistence 
  allowances 
  should 
  be 
  granted. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  universal 
  custom 
  

   on 
  all 
  commercial 
  craft 
  in 
  Alaska 
  waters 
  to 
  furnish 
  employees 
  with 
  

   subsistence, 
  and 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  good 
  men 
  the 
  Government 
  must 
  

   at 
  least 
  meet 
  the 
  rates 
  generally 
  prevaiUng 
  for 
  similar 
  service. 
  The 
  

   scheme 
  followed 
  in 
  the 
  Lighthouse 
  Service 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  Coast 
  and 
  

   Geodetic 
  Survey 
  could 
  well 
  be 
  adopted. 
  

  

  Another 
  necessity 
  is 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  seamen 
  to 
  the 
  regu- 
  

   lar 
  crew. 
  This 
  is 
  essential 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  vessel 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  

   particularly 
  during 
  the 
  several 
  months' 
  active 
  patrol 
  duty 
  when 
  

   running 
  is 
  constant 
  and 
  heavy. 
  

  

  COOPERATION 
  WITH 
  THE 
  TERRITORIAL 
  LEGISLATURE. 
  

  

  As 
  provided 
  in 
  the 
  enabling 
  act 
  creating 
  a 
  legislative 
  assembly 
  for 
  the 
  

   Territory 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  the 
  legislature 
  convened 
  at 
  Juneau, 
  March 
  3, 
  1913. 
  

   In 
  response 
  to 
  a 
  request 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  governor 
  of 
  Alaska 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Commerce 
  sent 
  Assistant 
  Salmon 
  Agent 
  Ward 
  T. 
  Bower 
  to 
  

   be 
  present 
  at 
  Juneau 
  during 
  the 
  session 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  furnishing 
  

   to 
  committees 
  and 
  members 
  information 
  regarding 
  fishery 
  matters 
  

   when 
  requested 
  by 
  them 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  The 
  questions 
  considered 
  b}^ 
  the 
  

   legislature 
  are 
  discussed 
  on 
  pages 
  37 
  to 
  46 
  of 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  FUR-SEAL 
  SERVICE. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  entire 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1912-13, 
  Agent 
  Lembkey 
  and 
  Assistant 
  

   Agent 
  Proctor 
  were 
  resident 
  on 
  the 
  seal 
  islands, 
  the 
  former 
  in 
  charge 
  

   on 
  St. 
  Paul, 
  the 
  latter 
  on 
  St. 
  George. 
  Assistant 
  Agents 
  Judge 
  and 
  

   Clark 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  continuously 
  on 
  the 
  islands 
  since 
  June, 
  1911 
  

   (excepting 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Judge, 
  who 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  summer 
  

   of 
  1912 
  made 
  a 
  trip 
  on 
  the 
  Homer 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  purchasing 
  supplies), 
  returned 
  in 
  October 
  to 
  Washington, 
  where 
  

   they 
  were 
  assigned 
  to 
  duty 
  until 
  in 
  May, 
  1913, 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  ordered 
  

   to 
  San 
  Francisco 
  to 
  purchase 
  supphes 
  for 
  the 
  islands. 
  

  

  