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Under provisions of the act of Juiio 26, 1900, the owners of private 

 hatcheries in iVhvska who are also packers of canned sahnon receive 

 a rehate on Ucense fees and taxes of every nature on tlieir catch and 

 pack of sahnon at the rate of 40 cents per 1,000 kiiv^ or red sahnon fry 

 liherated h}" them hi Ahiska waters. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1934, therefore, the rebate due the Pacific American Fisheries on the 

 20,030,000 red-salmon fry liberated at Hugh Smith Lake during the 

 \^ear amounted to $8,012. 



GENERAL STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES 



The total number of persons engaged in the fisheries of Alaska in 

 1934 was 26,190, or 4,495 more than in 1933. Fishery products were 

 vahied at $41,963,293, an increase of $9,836,705, or about 31 percent 

 over the preceding year. Of the total amount, 92.4 percent repre- 

 sented the value of salmon products; 3.8 percent, herring; 1.9 percent, 

 halibut; and 1.9 percent, the value of all other fishery products. 



