BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. Ill 

 Yield and value of the fisheries of Brit hh Columbia dtiritirj 1885. 



Kind. 



QuanMty. Valne. 



Salmon, salted barrels. 



S.alniou. fresh number. 



Salmon, oinuied, cases 4 dozen 1 pound tins each cases. 



SaTiuon, smoked pounds. 



Stnr;;oou, fresh do... 



Whit ins, tomcod, &c do 



Halibut 



.do. 



Herrinrj aud smelts, fresh do 



Herring, smoked 



Fish assorted pounds.. 



Trout do 



Eulaclions, fresh do 



Eulachons, salted .do 



Eiilaehons, smoked do 



T'u rs, seal sk i us 



Eulachou oil gallons.. 



Blaek shark aud dogfish oil, refined do 



iJosfish oil do 



Salmon oil do 



Clams and other shell-fish 



Fish sold in markets 



Crabs and prawns 



Salmon aud other fish, estimated consumption by Chinese and other laborers 



ou the Canadian Pacific and Island Railway, not specially recorded 



Oysters, native barrels.. 



Total 



Estimated consumption by Indian population, as revised: 



Salmon $2, 732, 500 



Halibut ] 90, 000 



Sturgeon and other fish 2G0, 000 



Fish oils 75, 000 



Grand total of approximate yield 



3, 4C8 

 204, 700 

 108.517 

 370, 000 

 354, 500 

 241, 160 

 159, 000 

 36, 600 



59, 400 

 83, 000 

 31, 350 

 22, 500 

 13, 000 



450 



40, 000 



22, 200 



80 



250 



.$31,212 



40,940 



542, 585 



37, 000 



17, 725 



12, 058 



9, 540 



1,830 



7, 000 



3. 5C4 



5, 81U 



1,881 



1,800 



1,.300 



150, 010 



450 



20, 000 



5, 550 



24 



2,500 



120, 000 



2,000 



C2, 000 

 1,250 



1, 078, 038 



3, 257, 500 



4, 335, 538 



Comparative value of yield in 1884 and 1385, exclusive of Indian consumption : 



Total, 1884 $1,358,207 10 



Total, 1885 1,078,038 00 



Decrease in 1885. 



280, 229 10 



39.— SAlLMOiV IIV THE CLACKAITIAH RIVER. 



By li. T. BARIIV. 



[From a letter to J. W. Cook.] 



There is no question that the genuine Chinook (or quinnat) salmon 

 {Oncorhynclms chouiclia) go up the Clackamas Eiver. Some persons, 

 who are opposed to a hatchery being established on this stream, say 

 that such salmon do not go up that river. But the fact is that there is 

 not a single species of the salmon and trout that come \\\) the Columbia 

 from the ocean which does not find its way in large numbers up the 

 Clackamas. 



The run of the Chinook salmon commences in March or April, some- 

 times even in February, and they begin spawning in September. 



The silver salmon commence their run with the first rains in the fall, 

 say the middle of September, and begin spawning about the middle of 

 January. 



