Report to the Secretary of the Interior

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941 - Alaska

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Page 24 - Seattle, except for 24 tons of meal turned over to the Division of Fish Culture for use as fish food in Federal hatcheries.
Page 15 - Peruvians, the funds being supplied by the State Department. Alaskan Branch. The work of the United States Geological Survey in Alaska is directed primarily toward aiding in the development of the mineral resources of the Territory.
Page 36 - The major portion of this freight would not have been transported without the roads, and the indirect loss which would have been occasioned by the restriction on output and development if the roads did not exist can not be estimated.
Page 66 - Territorial Finances The fiscal system of the Territory is controlled by laws enacted by the Territorial legislature and is separate from revenues received by the Federal Government from occupation and trade licenses which are covered into and disbursed from the Alaska fund in the Federal Treasury.
Page 38 - ... shall adopt and enforce rules, regulations and orders to safeguard from accident and to protect the safety of persons operating or using aircraft and persons and property on the ground, and to develop and promote aeronautics within this state.
Page 26 - After title to a piece of land is granted by the United States, jurisdiction over the property passes to the State ; the Federal Government retains its authority only with respect to the public lands in Federal ownership. Where the lands are in private ownership...
Page 65 - Gentlemen are here from the office of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior to talk about the legal phases of this matter.
Page 21 - These figures represent the value of manufactured products. It is estimated that the value of the catch to the fishermen was approximately $10,043,000 or about $2,000,000 less than last year.
Page 51 - ... was given the Bureau of Child Hygiene and the Department of Hygiene at the University of California in Berkeley in working out plans for a three weeks' institute for public health nurses on maternal and child health. Sixty-five nurses enrolled for the institute. Training of Nursing Personnel Through funds provided by the United States Public Health Service and the Children's Bureau, stipends for training in public health nursing were granted to 27 nurses during the biennium. Twentyone of this...
Page 34 - The road as it is now constructed is kept in safe condition only by constant repairing, and much of the work done in summer is destroyed by the severe winters. The Alaska Railroad furnishes passenger-train service, consisting of three round trips per week between Seward and Fairbanks, with one additional trip between Anchorage and Seward on Sunday, during July and August, and two round trips per week between Seward and Fairbanks from August 31 to June 21. No sleeping-car or dining car service is...

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