storage batteries of any earaolty) c. life saving ©quirraent , lack of proper 
h@at.tag facilities, unsatisfactory fresh water supply (need of fresh «at«t 
pup-' and pipe lino on board arart from salt wat-^r lines); poor toilet equip* 
■sent, and last but not least her cannery production set up is a highly 
unprofitable one, 
because the "Toadeleyo" is under charter at this tints* ve have set 
forth the limitations of this vora©. 1 at seie length In ths notea appended 
to this report, 
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e beliov© that finding an adequate eomercial supply of crabs, 
deter. lining, their distribution, size, abundance, and «v liability is of more 
importance than mere owning. Canning would naturally and inevitably follow 
u -on the discovery of rab© in eomoterolal quantities. Therefore we are 
Convinced that additional prospecting boats would be of nore rr-al value 
to the iavo@ti.iat ion toan any can. in - vessel whatsoever# floating 
cannery this past season «aa just a handies and a wholly unwarranted 
arsons c, and will undoubtedly prove no again, Bealden - rather conditions 
in the Bering ~m by consensus of opinion of all e-npstent and informed 
parties renders it unadvisable to carry on investigations in that area 
before aid April at the very earliest and often not be 'or© the middle of 
hay or even the first of Tune, 
IV 
Tor this next year* a (first half of 1941) operations efforts should 
be concentrated, on prospecting and ascertaining the extensiveness of the 
supply of crabs and the moot practical and efficient aeons of "harvesting" 
