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tbe amount of purchase money in the United States subtreasury at San 

 Francisco. 



(d) The value of these improvements will exceed $100,000. 



{e) The shutting' down of these canneries during the present summer 

 has already caused the owners pecuniary losses, for which losses the 

 Government will most likely be held responsible in addition. 



(/) The erection of a hatchery will cost several thousand dollars more. 



{g) The improvements of the Afoguac River, to enable the fish to 

 ascend, will cost a considerable sum. 



{h) That the Karluk River and Lake, being the great breeding grounds 

 of the salmon, ought to be the place for a hatchery, the more so when 

 the immense catch there, season after season, is considered. 



The second recommendation Mr. Luttrell intended to make was the 

 following: 



Second. To accept the oifer of the Karluk Packing Company, to turn 

 over to the United States Government this hatchery on the Karluk 

 River under the conditions specified above, for the following reasons: 



(a) It will save the expense of building a hatchery on Afoguac 

 Island. 



{b) The estimated cost of repairing the Karluk hatchery will be 

 trifling. 



(e) Unless a hatchery is established at once at Karluk, and artificial 

 means are resorted to for the propagation of the salmon, in addition 

 to otlier preventive measures, the red salmon will soon be extermi- 

 nated, the yearly catch diminishing perceptibly, although a greater 

 number of fishermen are employed, and a great variety of seines are 

 used. 



(d) It will not be necessary to purchase any improvements or vested 

 rights, saving thereby a great sum of money. 



(e) 'No improvements, in the way of removing obstructions, are 

 needed on the Karluk River. 



Mr. Luttrell also intended recommending additional measures for the 

 protection of the salmon fisheries: 



First. To j)rohibit entirely fishing in the river except by natives for 

 their own use. 



Secoiul. To suspend all fishing operations during two days of each 

 week, or limit the season's catch to a specified number of cases during 

 a certain number of years, to give the fish an opportunity to recuperate. 



Third. To leave <i space of 100 yards wide, from tbe mouth of the 

 river to deep water, open at all times for the fish to enter the river. 



Fourth, Xot to tolerate any obstructions in the shape of dams or 

 wiie fences in the river. 



Fifth. Violation of any adopted protective measures to be punished 

 by a fine and imprisonment.- 



Sixth. To appoint a proper officer to reside during the fishing season 

 at Karluk, whose duty it shall be to see that all i^rotective measures 

 are strictly observed. 



No attempt has been made to afford data from which to base an esti- 

 mate of the total number of cases of salmon packed by the various 

 canneries, or the total value of all the canning plants. Hence it is 

 utterly impossible to compile such statement from this report. 



The suggestion is made that the attention of the Government should 

 be directed to the wanton destruction of deer by the natives. Mr. 

 Wadleigh, of the North Pacific Trading and Packing Company, of San 

 Francisco, who makes the suggestion, states that it is no uncommon 

 thing for a party of natives to go out and return in a few days with 25 



