The following table shows the tribal funds held in trust by the government in lieu of investment on July 1, 1909:

•This fund will bear no interest until the United States has been reimbursed for the amount appropriated in carrying out the provisions of the acts approved October 1, 1890 (26 Stat. L., 658), and March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. L., 1006)..

The following table shows the incomes from all sources of the various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909:

THE LIFE SAVING SERVICE.

The Life Saving Service was established in its present form in 1871, life saving stations being opened on the New Jersey and Long Island coasts. Acts of Congress passed since have extended the system so as to en.brace the entire ocean and lake coasts, which are divided into twelve districts. The service is attached to the Treasury Department. The following table shows the territory covered by the various districts. the number of stations in each district and the names and postoffice addresses of the district superintendents:

The salaries of the district superintendents range from $1,900 to $2,200. Keepers of complete stations receive $1,000 per annum, and keepers of houses of refuge (where no crews are employed) $600. One surfman (designated as No. 1) in each crew receives $70 and other surimen $65 a month while actually employed. In addition, keepers and crews of life saving stations are allowed one ration a day, or commutation thereof at 30 cents a day.

The active season on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts is from August 1 to May 31 (ten months); on the Great Lakes, during the season of navigation; on the Pacific Coast, all stations, the entire year.

Keepers are appointed on the joint recommendation of the district superintendent and assistant inspector, who must certify that the person nominated is the best qualified available surfman in the district. No appointments are made of persons not in the service. Surfmen are selected from eligible registers provided by the Civil Service Commission. The examination is non-educational, being based on age, physical condition and experience.

Continuous watch is kept from the stations both day and night, with beach patrol during hours of darkness and in foggy or thick weather. Two surfmen are assigned to each night watch, one of whom proceeds on patrol (in the same direction at the same time from all stations in a district, if practicable), while the other remains on watch; on the return of the first man he takes the station watch, and the second man patrols in the opposite direction.

In the fiscal year 1908-'09 1,376 vessels met with disaster within the field of the service. Aboard these vessels were a total of 8,900 persons, only thirty of whom were lost. The vessels had an estimated value of $13,143,610, and their cargoes a value of $2,962,470, which combined make a total of $16,106,080 for the value of property involved. Severty-two of the 1,376 vessels were totally lost. The following table shows the apportionment of these disasters to the different coasts of the country and the detalls of the rescue work done:

Of the 1,376 vessels included in the foregoing tabulation, 1,062, valued with their cargoes at $2,995,760, were assisted by the service crews alone; 257, valued with their cargoes at $10,321,055, were aided by the life saving crews, with the co-operation of revenue cutters, tugs and other private agencies; sixteen, valued with their cargoes at $1,853,150, were assisted only by outside agencies, and forty-one, valued with their cargoes at $936,115, received no assistance, having been able to take care of themselves after getting into danger.

The following table summarizes the operation of the service from the introduction of the present life saving system, in 1871, to June 30, 1909:

*Including persons rescued

not connected with vessels involved in disaster. Eighty-five of these were lost at the disaster to the steamer Metropolis in 1877-'78, when service was impeded by distance, and fourteen others in the same year owing to similar causes.

aster.

Including persons not connected with vessels involved in disaster.

Including succor afforded to persons not connected with vessels involved in disIt should be observed that the operations of the service during this period have been limited as follows: Season of 1871-72, to the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey; seasons of 1872-'74, to the coasts of Cape Cod, Long Island and New Jersey: season of 1874-75, to the coasts of New England, Long Island, New Jersey, and the coast from Cape Henry to Cape Hatteras; season of 1875-'76, to the coasts of New England, Long Island, New Jersey, the coast from Cape Henlopen to Cape Charles, and the coast from Cape Henry to Cape Hatteras; season of 1876-'77 and since, all the foregoing, with the addition of the eastern coast of Florida and portions of the lake coasts. In 1877-'78 the Pacific coast was added, and in 1880 the coast of Texas.

The following table shows the number of marine casualties occurring within each of the thirty-four fiscal years from 1876 to 1909 upon the coasts and rivers of the United States and in adjacent waters, and to American shipping at sea and in foreign waters; the number of persons involved in such casualties, the number of lives lost therein, and the ratio of the accompanying fatalities to the number of persons involved and to the number of casualties:

*Exclusive of lives lost where vessels suffered no damage.