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4,711 more than in 19L1. The increase in numbers was: Whites 

 2,234, natives 1,174, Chinese 332, Japanese 275, Filipinos 563, Mexi- 

 cans 5, Negroes 44, and miscellaneous 84. 



A total of 4,501,652 cases of salmon was packed in 1922, valued at 

 $29,787,193. This is an increase over the 1921 pack of 1,904,826 

 cases, or approximately 73 per cent, and of $10,154,449, or approxi- 

 mately 52 per cent. This increase was largely due to the increased 

 run of humpbacks, which produced 1,658,423 cases, having a value 

 of $7,189,494, as compared with 423,984 cases in 1921, valued at 

 $1,788,778. Other species increased as follows : Cohos from 106,555 

 to 175,993 cases, chums from 255,495 to 565,918 cases, and reds 

 from 1,765,798 to 2,070,658 cases. Kings decreased from 44,994 to 

 30,660 cases. By districts, southeast Alaska increased from 803,071 

 to 2,018,743 cases, central Alaska from 643,099 to 988,143 cases, and 

 western Alaska from 1,150,656 to 1,494,766 cases. In southeast 

 Alaska the increase was 1,215,672 cases, or approximately 151 per 

 cent. 



Investment in the Alaska salmon-canning industry in 1922. 



