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remaining 5,058 males, under the formula mentioned, will require 17.703 barrels, 

 and 3.404 barrels for 1,702 females. The additional blubber requirement will be 

 shipi)ed from St. Paul Island with the lt»71 production of skins and blubber. 

 Note the 22 barrels are included with the total 170 blubber barrel requirement 

 mentioned previously. 



One drum of slurry blubber was shipi^ed to Seattle to determine oil recovery 

 from blubber removed by the fleshing machine. Results are unknown at this time. 



Byproduct Utilization 



This year a new five-year contract was negotiated with the Oregon Marine 

 Products Co. for the sale of the seal carcasses from St. Paul. No proposals were 

 received from other firms after bids were solicited. The conditions of the agree- 

 ment are similar to those of the former contract with this firm. 



The Japanese organization (Mitsubishi International) which has the contract 

 to use the fur seal carcasses from St. George, has not relinquished its contract, 

 but for the second successive year the company took no carcasses. 



The St. Paul contractor had some difficulty with his plant operation and was 

 unable to process several hundred carcasses. Because of commitments to the 

 Alaska crab industry, the Pioneer Alaska Line was unable to transport all the 

 ground seal meat in' two shipments. The M/V PRIBILOF therefore carried 197 

 tons of the frozen product to Bellingham, Washington. 



General Administration of the Pribilof Islands 



A team of scientists from the Virginia Mason Research Center of Seattle spent 

 considerable time on St. Paul Island for the second consecutive year. This team 

 conducted investigations on the feasibility of other — and possibly more humane — 

 methods of dispatching seals. Findings are discussed in another section of this 

 report. 



Discussions with the Alaska Department of Education are now in progress 

 concerning the construction of a new school on St. Paul. It appears quite certain 

 that the school will be built by force account labor, financed by the State on a 

 reimburseable basis. 



Four teachers on St. Paul have returned for their third teaching term and 

 three teachers are new to the Pribilofs. On St. George, two teachers returned for 

 their second year and one local St. George woman received a degree in education 

 from the University at Fairbanks and is now an accredited teacher on St. George. 

 Total payment to the State of Alaska was about $180,000 during the 1969-1970 

 school year. 



Elections were held in November on each island, resulting in changes in 

 Council presidents and other Council members. 



Construction 



ST, PAUL 



Eight new pre-cut homes were occupied beginning in September. Garages 

 cannot be used until they are protects from fire according to code. Material to 

 accomplish this was shipped on the fall trip of the PRIBILOF. The ninth house 

 in this new housing site was also completed and occupied. 



The last large septic tank, serving the industrial area and staff quarters, was 

 completed in the fall. The drain fields should be completed in 1971. 



Extensive road repair was begun after the sealing operation was completed 

 Nearly all roads to the sealing grounds were completed, thus shortening the 

 distance from the hauling ground to the killing area. 



Much was done for the Weather Bureau in transporting, erecting on site, and 

 repairing a new pre-fabricated house. 



ST. GEORGE 



During the 1970 season 5 men were employed full time on construction and 

 maintenance. This crew was supplemented as occasion demanded, such as times 

 when it was necessary to pour concrete, haul fill dirt, etc. The construction crew 

 was employed mainly in constructing a new tank farm for storage of gasoline 

 and diesel oil. The gasoline farm consisting of three 10,000 gallon tanks is 

 virtually completed. Footings have been poured for four of eight 25,000 gallon 

 diesel tanks which are to be installed. Work was started on converting a portion 



