410 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



" Shad made their appearance in market from Florida on the 3d of 

 December. This morning one shad arrived from North Carolina, the 

 first of the season." 



Salmon fisheries of Southern Oregon in 1886.— Mr. Zachary 

 T. Siglin, deputy collector of customs, writing from the custom-house 

 at Coos Bay, Oregon, on December 0, 1880, gives the following inter- 

 esting facts and figures in regard to this customs district : 



"The following is the product of the salmon fisheries of the Southern 

 Oregon district for the year ending December 31, 188G (the fishing sea- 

 son having closed November 30, 188G). The products of the different 

 fishing stations in the district are as follows : 



Barrels. 



Salted on Coos Bay 2,340 



Salted onCoquille River 1,230 



Salted on Siuslaw River 1, 4.32 



Salted on Chetco River 550 



Salted on Rogue River 92 



Salted on Umpqua River 60 



Total salt salmon 5, 704 



5,704 barrels of iialted fish, at $10 , $57,040 



Number of cases canned in district, 44,482, at $4.50 200, 109 



Total value offish 257,209 



"Each barrel of fish contains 200 pounds, and each case contains 48 

 I)Ounds, thus: 



Pounds. 



5,704 barrels 1,140,600 



44,482 cases 2,1:55,130 



Total 3,275,936 



"It is seen by the above report that the salmon fishing of this dis- 

 trict is of considerable importance, being wholly confined to bays and 

 rivers. 



"The carrying of these fish to market is very irreguhir, as the vessels 

 taking them are engaged in a regular and steady freighting business, 

 carrying coal, lumber, agricultural products, merchandise, &c., the fish 

 constituting but a minor portion of the cargoes. Whenever there is a 

 quantity of barrels or cases ready for shipment, they are ta.ken to mar- 

 ket along with other freight. Thus it will be seen that the report of 

 this class of fishing cannot well be made otherwise th an as above." 



Resolution to investigate the Oregon salmon fishery. — 

 Mr. Herman submitted to the House of Eepresentatives the following 

 resolution, which, on December 20, ISSG, was referred to the Committee 

 on Commerce and ordered to be printed : 



"Whereas, a leading industry in the State of Oregon is the salmon 

 fishery, the value of the export shipments for 1884 being $ 3,000,000, em- 

 bracing 072,350 cases of canned salmon, while the same year the total 

 wheat and flour export was valued at S.">,GOO,000 ; and so rapidly has 



