The following is the list of notaries public for the district: Appointments of notaries public for Alaska. [Appointed by John G. Brady.] Do.. 6, 1902 Feb. 20, 1902 Mar. 8, 1902 Mar. 17, 1902 Do. Mar. 22, 1902 Mar. 24, 1902 Do.. Do.. Apr. 28, 1902 3, 1902 Jno. R. Beegle. R. Blix John McClelland. Geo. W. Dutton Allen R. Jay. John D. De Fries A. R. Hoare.. F. A. Benjamin Geo. S. Mearns. A. J. Daly... 9010-02 Ketchikan, Alaska Hallis, Alaska Skagway, Alaska.. Nome, Alaska .do.. Wrangell, Alaska.. Ketchikan, Alaska Alaska. Nome, Alaska .do Douglas, Alaska... Jan. 22, 1902 .do .do ..do do May 22, 1902 May 29, 1902 do June 21, 1902 .do June 27, 1902 July 10, 1902 do Do. a Appointed by William L. Distin, acting governor. b Commissioner of deeds, Pennsylvania. -5 1902 July 22, 1905 Jan. 22, 1906 Feb. 6, 1902 Feb. 20, 1902 Feb. 6, 1902 Feb. 20, 1902 Do. Feb. 6, 1906 Feb. 20, 1906 Mar. 8, 1902 Mar. 8, 1902 Mar. 17, 1902 Mar. 17, 1902 do Mar. 22, 1902 .do. .do Feb. 19, 1902 Mar. 24, 1902 Mar. 8, 1906 Mar. 17, 1906 Do. Feb. 19, 1906 Mar. 24, 1906 The incorporated towns own their own schoolhouses. Those buildings used for schools outside of these towns are owned by the United States save in two or three instances, where the house has been furnished by the community and in one other place where a house has been rented. The school fund at the command of the Commissioner of Education is so small and uncertain that he can not put up houses for settlements that are without schools and need them, nor can he spend much in repairs for the houses in use. The courts of the three judicial divisions have been buying and erecting buildings for courtrooms and offices and jails, and as they have had the whole license funds at their command they have provided these where necessity required. We have spent large sums at the various forts for buildings. It is presumed that they are all needed. As stated elsewhere, the Government owns and sustains a marine hospital at Dutch Harbor. It is in good condition and is probably ample for the present. The town of Kodiak was located more than one hundred years ago. It is a permanent community and a beautiful location, and is the focus point for a large area. We have there a United States commissioner, deputy United States marshal, deputy collector of customs, and a postmaster. These officers are miserably provided for. Atan expense of $15,000 a suitable building could be constructed and ample quarters provided for them all. It would be economy to make this appropriation. The Government owns a plat of ground suitable for such an edifice. The Department of Justice has in hand the appropriation which Congress made several years ago for a court-house and jail in Juneau, and as the title to the land is now secure to the Government by a recent decision of the Secretary of the Interior a movement is on foot for the erection of the building. At Sitka there is the magnetic station, a new structure, the United States Marine Barracks, the clerk's building heretofore, custom-house, large 3-story, wherein is jail and officers' quarters, large warehouse and coal shed on Government wharf, sick bay, and naval storehouse; governor's quarters, agricultural building on Castle Hill, barn, log silo, blacksmith shop, and cottage on Government farm. On Japonsky Island there is a shell house, a powder house, and a new coal shed in connection with wharf and large cistern for water supply. Some of |