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  CENSUS 
  OF 
  NATIVE 
  INHABITANTS. 
  

  

  On 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island, 
  the 
  annual 
  census 
  taken 
  June 
  30, 
  1913, 
  showed 
  

   194 
  native 
  residents, 
  of 
  which 
  94 
  were 
  males 
  and 
  100 
  females. 
  Dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  year 
  there 
  were 
  7 
  births 
  and 
  3 
  arrivals, 
  also 
  1 
  departure 
  and 
  

   9 
  deaths. 
  

  

  On 
  St. 
  George 
  Island, 
  the 
  total 
  native 
  population 
  June 
  30, 
  1913, 
  

   was 
  110; 
  53 
  males 
  and 
  57 
  females. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  on 
  the 
  

   date 
  mentioned, 
  5. 
  births 
  and 
  1 
  death 
  occurred. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  

   arrivals. 
  

  

  SUPPORT 
  OF 
  NATIVES. 
  

  

  Problems 
  in 
  Communistic 
  System. 
  

  

  The 
  instructions 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  provide 
  that 
  the 
  natives 
  shall 
  be 
  

   supphed, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  funds 
  will 
  permit, 
  with 
  the 
  necessaries 
  of 
  hfe 
  ta 
  

   an 
  amount 
  sufficient 
  to 
  maintain 
  them 
  in 
  comfort, 
  due 
  regard 
  being 
  

   paid 
  to 
  economy 
  and 
  thrift. 
  To 
  this 
  end, 
  various 
  supphes 
  to 
  be 
  

   used 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  as 
  fuel, 
  food, 
  clothing, 
  etc., 
  were 
  purchased 
  in 
  

   San 
  Francisco 
  at 
  the 
  best 
  wholesale 
  rates 
  obtainable 
  and 
  transported 
  

   to 
  the 
  islands 
  on 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  chartered 
  steamer 
  Homer. 
  These 
  sup- 
  

   plies 
  upon 
  arrival 
  at 
  the 
  islands 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  general 
  stores 
  

   (one 
  on 
  each 
  island), 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  marked 
  for 
  issue 
  or 
  sale 
  at 
  a 
  

   price 
  one-third 
  above 
  wholesale 
  cost, 
  including 
  all 
  discounts 
  except 
  

   for 
  cash. 
  They 
  were 
  then 
  distributed 
  after 
  the 
  methods 
  hereafter 
  de- 
  

   tailed. 
  The 
  increase 
  of 
  one-third 
  over 
  the 
  wholesale 
  cost 
  was 
  made 
  

   to 
  cover 
  cost 
  of 
  transportation 
  and 
  handhng 
  only. 
  

  

  The 
  instructions 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  further 
  provided 
  that 
  from 
  the 
  

   supplies 
  thus 
  taken 
  to 
  the 
  islands 
  merchandise 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  

   $40,000 
  be 
  furnished 
  the 
  native 
  inhabitants 
  for 
  their 
  support 
  and 
  

   maintenance 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1913. 
  These 
  

   supplies 
  were 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  as 
  a 
  gratuity 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  

   return 
  for 
  services 
  rendered. 
  Services 
  such 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  performed 
  

   in 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  sealskins 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  the 
  herd 
  in 
  

   general 
  were 
  considered 
  the 
  main 
  labor 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  natives 
  were 
  to 
  

   receive 
  this 
  support; 
  but, 
  as 
  the 
  kiUing 
  of 
  seals 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  greatly 
  

   curtailed, 
  the 
  natives, 
  in 
  return 
  for 
  their 
  support 
  by 
  the 
  Government, 
  

   were 
  to 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  perform 
  such 
  other 
  labor 
  of 
  a 
  nature 
  to 
  benefit 
  

   the 
  community 
  generally 
  as 
  might 
  become 
  necessary 
  or 
  desirable. 
  

   Individual 
  natives, 
  however, 
  who 
  were 
  wiUmg 
  to 
  perform 
  such 
  labor 
  

   of 
  a 
  skilled 
  or 
  unskilled 
  nature 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  the 
  upkeep 
  

   of 
  the 
  Government 
  property 
  and 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  stations 
  in 
  

   general 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  compensated 
  individually 
  in 
  cash 
  from 
  funds 
  

   other 
  than 
  the 
  $40,000 
  set 
  apart 
  for 
  the 
  community 
  support 
  at 
  the 
  

   rate 
  of, 
  for 
  skilled 
  labor 
  25 
  cents 
  an 
  hour, 
  and 
  for 
  unskilled 
  15 
  cents 
  

   an 
  hour. 
  The 
  skilled 
  labor 
  embraced 
  that 
  of 
  carpenters, 
  engineers,. 
  

  

  