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sockeyes, and silvers also decreased. The pack of chums was larger 

 than in 1923 and the pack of steelheads about the same. In Alaska 

 the pack increased 5.2 per cent in quantity and 0.4 per cent in value. 

 The increase of the Alaska pack was due almost entirely to the unusu- 

 ally large pack of humpbacks in the central district, although the pack 

 of cohos was also larger than in 1923. A distinct decrease of nearly 

 50 per cent occurred in the pack of chums. The packs of kings or 

 chinooks and reds or sockeyes also decreased. 



1 , Pack of canned salmon, 1924 



