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Pack of canned salmon of the Pacific Coast States and Alaska in 1922 — Continued. 



CANNED SARDINES. 



In 1922 there was a marked increase in the pack of sardines in both 

 Maine and California. In Maine, 1,775,878 cases were packed, 

 valued at $5,750,109, an increase of 31.5 per cent in the number of 

 cases and 45.2 per cent in value over the pack in 1921, when 1,350,631 

 cases, valued at $3,960,916, were packed. Of the 1922 pack, 1,454,146 

 cases were quarter oils, valued at $4,645,436, an average of $3.19 

 per case, an increase of 10.4 per cent over the average value per case 

 of quarter oils in 1921, which was $2.89. The quantity of herrings 

 utilized was 96,458,400 pounds, valued at $623,198. 



In California, 728,979 cases of sardines were packed, valued at 

 $3,361,480, an increase of 75.4 per cent in number of cases and 43.2 

 per cent in value over the pack in 1921, when 415,587 cases, valued 

 at $2,346,446, were packed. Of the 1922 pack, 697,643 cases, valued 

 at $3,078,760, were pound ovals, with an average value of $4.41 per 

 case, a decrease of 18.4 per cent from the value per case in 1921 , when 

 379,928 cases of pound ovals, valued at $2,056,367, were packed, 

 the average value per case being $5.41. 



Pack of sardines in Maine and California, 1922. 



' The quantity of herring utilized was 96,458,400 pounds, valued at $623,198. 



