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men and 3 fishermen died of disease, 2 shoresmen were killed acci- 

 dentally, and 1 fisherman was drowned. 



Summarizing the foregoing, the total number of lives lost in the 

 Alaska salmon-canning industry in 1927 was 36 — 24 by disease, 5 

 by drowning, and 7 by other accident. The total property loss 

 reported was $275,637. 



STATISTICS 



In 1927, 135 canneries were operated in Alaska, 3 more than in 

 1926. Employment was given to 22,131 persons, as compared with 

 21,906 in 1926, an increase of 225. Wliite employees in^^reased 261, 

 Filipinos 263, and Mexicans 315, while natives decreased 337, Chinese 

 16, Japanese 202, negroes 9, Porto Ricans 3, Kanakas 20, and mis- 

 cellaneous (mcluding Koreans) 27. 



The total pack of canned salmon was 3,572,128 cases, valued at 

 $30,016,264. This was a decrease from 1926 of 3,080,754 cases, or 

 46.3 per cent, and a decrease in value of $16,063,740, or approximately 

 35 per cent. The output in southeastern Alaska decreased from 

 3,058,055 cases to 1,052,193, or nearly 66 per cent; central Alaska 

 from 2,146,485 cases to 1,571,103, or about 27 per cent; and western 

 Alaska from 1,448,342 cases to 948,832, or slightly over 34 per cent. 

 The decline was attributable partly to the smaller run of reds in all 

 districts but chiefly to the inexplicable scarcity of humpback salm- 

 on in southeastern Alaska. In Alaska as a whole the pack of cohos 

 increased from 202,527 to 253,044 cases, or about 25 per cent, and 

 that of kings from 52,476 to 70,391 cases, or 34 per cent. The pack 

 of chums decreased from 902,443 to 507,723 cases, or 43.7 per cent; 

 humpbacks from 3,338,349 to 1,420,775 cases, or 57.4 percent; and 

 reds from 2,157,087 to 1,320,195 cases, or 38.8 per cent. 



Persons engaged, wages paid, and operating units, Alaska salmon canning 



industry, 1927 



