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Employment was given to 20,107 persons, as compared with 19,439 

 in 1923, an increase of 668, or about 3.4 per cent. White employees 

 increased by 382, natives 15, Chinese 24, Japanese 330, Filipinos 249, 

 Negroes 15, and miscellaneous, including Porto Ricans, 81. Mexi- 

 cans decreased 428. 



The total pack of canned salmon was 5,294,915 cases, valued at 

 $33,007,135. This is an increase in pack over 1923 of 259,218 cases, 

 or approximately 5 per cent, and an advance in value of $134,128, or 

 less than one-half of 1 per cent. The output in southeastern Alaska 

 fell of! from 3,007,119 cases to 2,787,789 cases, or a little more than 

 7 per cent; in western Alaska the decline was from 1,284,938 to 

 902,019 cases, or approximately 29.9 per cent. In central Alaska 

 the pack increased from 743,640 .cases to 1,605,107, or 115.8 per cent, 

 due to the extraordinary run of humpback salmon in some parts of 

 the district. In Alaska as a whole cohos increased from 164,107 

 cases to 183,601, or about 11.7 per cent; chums from 525,622 cases 

 to 1,028,488, or 95.7 per cent; humpbacks from 2,448,129 cases to 

 2,601,283, or approximately 6 per cent. Kings decreased from 

 38,343 cases to 33,648, or about 12 per cent; and reds from 1,859,496 

 cases to 1,447,895, or 22 per cent. 



' Kanakas, Koreans, etc. 



