﻿FUR-SEAL 
  SERVICE. 
  

  

  By 
  Walter 
  I. 
  Lembkey, 
  Agent 
  in 
  Charge. 
  

  

  Complying 
  with 
  instructions 
  dated 
  May 
  17, 
  1913, 
  Assistant 
  Agents 
  

   James 
  Judge 
  and 
  Ezra 
  W. 
  Clark 
  left 
  Washington 
  May 
  18 
  for 
  San 
  

   Francisco, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  purchasing 
  the 
  annual 
  suppHes 
  for 
  the 
  

   Pribilof 
  Islands. 
  The 
  steamer 
  Homer 
  had 
  already 
  been 
  chartered 
  to 
  

   transport 
  the 
  supplies 
  to 
  the 
  islands, 
  the 
  charter 
  price 
  being 
  $150 
  per 
  

   day, 
  including 
  wages 
  of 
  crew. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  Hmited 
  appropriation 
  

   provided 
  by 
  Congress, 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  restrict 
  the 
  purchases 
  to 
  

   the 
  actual 
  necessities, 
  such 
  as 
  food, 
  clothing, 
  fuel, 
  and 
  medical 
  sup- 
  

   plies. 
  The 
  amount 
  of 
  the 
  purchases, 
  all 
  told, 
  was 
  $24,877.01. 
  

  

  The 
  steamer 
  Homer 
  sailed 
  from 
  San 
  Francisco 
  June 
  23, 
  arrived 
  at 
  

   St. 
  George 
  Island 
  July 
  10, 
  after 
  stops 
  at 
  Dutch 
  Harbor 
  and 
  Unalaska 
  

   to 
  discharge 
  freight 
  and 
  take 
  on 
  coal. 
  After 
  discharging 
  passengers, 
  

   mail, 
  and 
  freight 
  at 
  St. 
  George, 
  the 
  vessel 
  sailed 
  for 
  St. 
  Paul 
  July 
  12, 
  

   arriving 
  next 
  day. 
  The 
  return 
  voyage 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  with 
  seal- 
  

   skins 
  and 
  fox 
  skins 
  of 
  the 
  season's 
  catch 
  on 
  board, 
  was 
  begun 
  on 
  

   August 
  8, 
  arrival 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco 
  being 
  made 
  August 
  24. 
  

  

  AFFAIRS 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMUNITY. 
  

   natives' 
  bank 
  accounts. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  the 
  practical 
  affairs 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  

   Islands 
  was 
  assumed 
  by 
  the 
  Government 
  in 
  1910, 
  the 
  agent 
  in 
  charge, 
  

   namely, 
  W. 
  I. 
  Lembkey, 
  has 
  acted 
  as 
  trustee 
  for 
  such 
  natives 
  as 
  had 
  

   sums 
  of 
  money 
  for 
  deposit 
  as 
  savings 
  accounts. 
  These 
  accounts 
  were 
  

   placed 
  on 
  deposit 
  in 
  the 
  Union 
  Trust 
  Co. 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  bearing 
  

   3 
  J 
  per 
  cent 
  interest, 
  and 
  the 
  interest 
  was 
  drawn 
  by 
  the 
  trustee 
  each 
  

   spring 
  and 
  in 
  turn 
  paid 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  natives 
  having 
  accounts. 
  

  

  Congress 
  having 
  abolished 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  agent, 
  however, 
  to 
  take 
  

   effect 
  June 
  30, 
  1913, 
  the 
  trusteeship 
  of 
  the 
  natives' 
  savings 
  accounts 
  

   was, 
  with 
  agreement 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  natives 
  except 
  one, 
  transferred 
  to 
  

   F. 
  M. 
  Chamberlain, 
  naturalist 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands, 
  who 
  succeeded 
  

   to 
  the 
  administrative 
  charge 
  of 
  all 
  affairs 
  of 
  the 
  islands. 
  Drafts 
  

   covering 
  principal 
  and 
  interest 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  natives' 
  accounts, 
  with 
  the 
  

   pass 
  book 
  for 
  each, 
  were 
  accordingly 
  delivered 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Chamberlain, 
  

   and 
  at 
  his 
  request 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco 
  and 
  deposited 
  with 
  

   the 
  Union 
  Trust 
  Co. 
  

  

  Detailed 
  records 
  of 
  aU 
  transactions 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  affairs 
  of 
  the 
  

   natives 
  are 
  filed 
  in 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  in 
  Washington. 
  

   140 
  

  

  