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increase of $1,494,267 over 1923. The products of the fisheries were 

 valued at $40,289,273, an increase of $1,010,448, or 4.2 per cent. 



Summary of persons engaged, investment, and products of the Alaska fisheries in 19S4 



Items 



PERSONS ENGAGED 



Whites 



Natives 



Chinese 



Japanese 



Filipinos 



Mexicans 



Negroes 



Porto Ricans,. 

 Miscellaneous, 



Southeast Alaska 



Total. 



INVESTMENT 



Salmon canning 



Salmon mild-curing. . 



Salmon piclcling 



Salmon, fresh 



Salmon drying, smok- 

 k ing, and dry-salting 

 Salmon by-products.. 



Halibut fishery 



Herring fishery.. 



Cod fishery 



Shrimp fishery 



Whale fishery _ _ _ 



Clam fishery 



Crab fishery 



Total. 



410, 400 

 40, 700 

 201, 653 

 244, 666 



150, 000 



061, 600 



518,512j 



7, 200 

 9, 600, 

 17, 200i 



14,711,842 



992, 946 



3,187 



202, 528 



164, 519 



206 

 34, 320 

 16, 207 



PRODUCTS 



Salmon: 



Canned cases. _ 2, 787, 789 



Mild-cured 

 .pounds.. 



Pickled do 



Fresh. _.do 



Frozen do 



Dried, smoked, and 

 dry-salted 

 pounds.. 6,400 



Fertilizer do 1,397,300 



r Oil ...gallons.. 38,803 



Herring: 



Fresh for bait 

 ^pounds,. 



Frozen for bait 

 .pounds. 



Pickled, Scotch cure 

 .pounds.. 



Pickled, Norwegian 

 cure pounds.. 



Spiced do 



Dry-salted, ..do 



Bloaters do 



Fertilizer do 



Oil gallons,.. 



Halibut: 



Fresh pounds . . 4 



Frozen do 8 



Cod: 



Dry-salted. ..do 



Stockfish do 



Tongues do 



Frozen do.... 45,951| 1,378 



Whale: 



Oil gallons 



Sperm oil do.. 



Fertilizer, pounds 



Whalebone, .do.. 



Pickled meat, do,. 



Clams ..cases,. 4,848! 33,186 



Shrimp pounds.. 528,432' 227,979 



Nuviber 



6,642 



2,845 



557 



796 



1,060 



47 



13 



Value 



11,963;. 



$24, 830, 943 

 1, 319, 340 



3,104 



180, 671 

 2, 246, 292 

 1,499,018 



326, 683 



56, 196 



30, 462, 247 



Central Alaska 



Western Alaska 



Number 



3,549 



1,230 



335 



431 



317 



98 



33 



3 



16 



Value 



6,012 



. $12, 400, 644 

 .| 24,186 

 .1 6,125 



69, 7921 



2, 342, 730 



282, 739 



Nuviber 



4,280 



474 



461 



207 



322 



1, 184' 



13l! 



126 



34 



Value 



7, 219 . 



Total 



25, 194 



$15, 446. 083 

 235, 709 

 156,114 , 



707, 970 



15, 834, 186 



1,605,107 10,067,602 



97,600 



296. 952 



5,291 



43, 000 



36, 028 



362, 000 



10, 230 



902, 019 



20, 655 679, 200 

 21,0921,025,300 



1,096| 



1.290l 



2. 426 1, 591, 540 



9,050 



5,626 



3, 040 1, 387, 750 



18,116 



304, 594 15,353.538 



576 

 1,000 

 4,075 



079, 625. 

 974, 918! 



398, 528 

 334, 088 



13, 877 



1, 342, 517 148, 600 



11,400 



75, 250 



770, 500 



187,379 1,280,000 



428, 426' 169, 754 



528,023' 



837, 870 2, 305, 000 



2, 826 

 25, 790 

 35, 341 

 75, 683 



1, 250, 750 

 2,000 

 1,325 



253, 550 . 



85, 233 

 300. 

 66. 



30, 260 



7, 674 

 28, 053 



460,311 



16, 364, 204 



8, 227, 691 5, 294, 915 



123,700 5,187,200 

 107, 944 1, 362, 952 



2,206,944 



....2,287,666 



79, 577 1, 633, 



1,759,300 



1 49,033 



. 1, 537, 750 

 . 2, 001. 600 



13,88019,020,650 



1,250 18,600 



9,600 



92, 450 



770,500 



. 9,359,625 

 1,144,672 



|4, 398, 528 

 .: 10,639,088 



677. 670 

 579, 235 

 162, 239 



3,104 



30. 260 



180. 671 

 316, 084 

 849, 422 

 310.792 

 326, 683 

 460, 311 

 707, 970 



56, 196 



280, 000 



. 554,500 



78, 700' 



2, 189, 120' 



1, 500 



. 200, 000 



13, 800 1, 530, 750 

 2, OOOl 

 1,325 

 45, 951 



78, 313 



596, 226 



305, 000 554, 500 



31,480 78,700 



47, 551 2, 189, 120 



1,500 1,500 



6, 250 1 200, 000 



I 83,161 



I 528,432 



33, 007, 135 



1, 137, 301 

 132. 223 

 203, 624 

 165, 809 



82, 209 

 43, 370 

 21, 833 



16 917 



18,116 



1,660,991 



1,826 



1,000 



6, 901 



25, 790 



222. 720 



504, 109 



528, 023 

 1, 091, 420 



99, 033 



300 



66 



1,378 



305, 000 

 31.480 

 47, 551 

 1.500 

 6, 250 

 629.412 

 227, 979 



