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fishes by seines was undertaken as soon as the weir was completed, and 

 later by a trap installed above the weir, a total of 50,320 Dolly Varden 

 trout being caught durmg the season. Migrating red salmon were 

 abundant from June 3 to June 18, and a few were observed in the early 

 part of July. The operation of the weir was continued through 

 September 14, when high water made its removal necessary. The 

 total count for the season numbered 618,315 red salmon, 15,510 cohos, 

 14,166 pinks, and 447 kings. 



Operations at Red River were in charge of Henry B. Looff, under 

 the direction of Warden H. H. Hungerford. 



UGANIK RIVER 



The work of installing the weir at Uganik River was started on May 

 31, but was interrupted on June 5 by high water, which did not 

 subside until June 28. When construction work was resumed it 

 was necessary to move the weir 110 feet dowmstream from the former 

 location, because the freshet had washed out the banks and had 

 left holes in the river bed. The rack was completed on July 3 and 

 was in operation from July 4 through September 4, during which time 

 6,791 reds, 71,281 pinks, 1,986 cohos, and 2,968 chums were counted. 

 It was estimated that approximately 10,000 red salmon had passed 

 upstream before the weir was installed. H. Olafson was in charge of 

 operations at this weir, under the supervision of Warden H. H. 

 Hungerford. 



KAFLIA BAY 



Installation of the w^eir in the salmon stream tributary to Kaflia 

 Bay was completed on June 11, the work having been hampered 

 considerably because of high water. No salmon were observed in the 

 bay until June 10. Only a few migrating red-salmon fingerlings were 

 noted, as most of them went downstream when the water was high and 

 discolored, maldng observation difficult. The weir was maintained 

 through August 25, when a total of 11,945 red salmon had been 

 counted. John Gilbert was in charge of the weir under the super- 

 vision of V^arden H. H. Hungerford. 



ENGLISH BAY 



The weir was placed in the stream at the head of English Bay on 

 May 25 and 26, and the first red salmon passed through on June 1. 

 The escapement was exceptionally light up to June 30. From that 

 date to July 22, there was a decided improvement, which brought the 

 total count to 18,878 at the end of the run on July 30, when the weir 

 was removed. Capt. R. L. Cole supervised the work. Jack Tansy 

 carrying on counting operations until the latter part of June and 

 Ralph Sparks thereafter until the end of the season. 



CHINIK CREEK 



The Chinik Creek weir was partly installed on June 1 and completed 

 on June 12. Red salmon began to show in the inlet on June 15, and a 

 few were seen near the falls at the mouth of the stream on the following 

 day, but none passed through the weir until July 1. As the commer- 

 cial catch to that date was approximately 25,000, it was recommended 



