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9. The Aleutian people living on the islands will be em- 

 ployed by the company in taking seals for their skins, and 

 they •will be paid for the labor of taking each skin and deliver- 

 ing the same at the salt-house forty cents, coin, until otherwise 

 ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury. For other labor per- 

 formed for the company, proper and remunerative wages will be 

 paid, the amount to be agreed upon between the agents of the 

 company and the persons employed. The working-parties will 

 be under the immediate control of their own chiefs, and no 

 compulsory means will ever be used to induce the people to 

 labor. All shall be free to labor or not, as they may choose. 

 The agents of the company will make selection of the seals to 

 be killed, and are authorized to use all proper means to pre- 

 vent the cutting of skins. 



10. All provisions and merchandise required by the inhabit- 

 ants for legitimate use will be furnished them from the com- 

 pany's stores, at prices not higher than ordinary retail prices 

 at San Francisco, and in no case at prices above 25 per cent, 

 advance on wholesale or invoice prices in San Francisco. 



11. The necessary supplies of fuel, oil, and salmon will be 

 furnished the i>eople gratis. 



13. All widows and orphan children on the islands will be 

 supported by the company. 



13. The landing or manufacture on the islands of spirituous 

 or intoxicating liquors or wines will under no circumstances be 

 permitted by the company, and the preparation and use of fer- 

 mented liquors by the inhabitants must be discouraged in every 

 legitimate manner. 



14. Free transportation and subsistence on the company's 

 vessels will be furnished all people, who at any time desire to 

 remove from the islands to any place in the Aleutian group of 

 islands. 



15. Free schools will be maintained by the company eight 

 months in each year, four hours per day, Sundays and holidays 

 excepted, and agents and teachers will endeavor to secure the 

 attendance of all. The company will furnish the necessary 

 books, stationery, and other appliances for the use of the schools 

 without cost to the people. 



16. The physicians of the company are required to faithfully 

 attend upon the sick, and both medical attendance and medi- 

 cines shall be free to all persons on the islands ; and the ac- 



