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to $3,849,422, or 62 per cent. The products were valued at S2,458,370 

 as compared with $1,602,571 in 1923, an increase of $855,799, or 

 53 per cent. Scotch-cure herring increased from 13,047,433 pounds 

 in 1923 to 19,020,650 pounds, or approximately 46 per cent. Herring 

 for bait decreased from 5,234,525 pounds to 3,599,350 pounds. 

 Fertilizer increased 46.6 per cent in quantity and 14.7 per cent in 

 value, and oil 29 per cent in quantity and 38 per cent in value over 

 the production in 1923. 



Persons engaged, investment, and products of Alaska herring industry in 1924 



