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Ichinsk and western Kamchatka districts — Continued 



In 1913 canned goods were prepared by 12 canneries, which packed 

 45,400 cases. The canneries on the west Kamchatka coast were 

 equipped with modern machinery and their pack went practically 

 in its entirety to England. The refuse of canning and fishing was 

 gathered, boiled, drained, and dried in ovens or in the sun, and thus 

 turned into a fertilizer of high quality and value. 



The production of Russian caviar was 127,680 pounds in 1909, 

 806,400 pounds in 1910, 1,568,000 pounds in 1911, 1,812,160 pounds 

 in 1912, and 2,542,400 pounds in 1913. 



EAST KAMCHATKA DISTRICT 



The east Kamchatka district, comprising the eastern shore of 

 Kamchatka Peninsula up to the Anadyr River, is over 1,800 miles 

 long. Active fishing occupies only about 150 miles of the seacoast. 

 A part of the seacoast around the Kamchatka River is closed to 

 fishing. The number of fishing stations in this district was 38 in 

 1911, 54 in 1912, and 61 in 1913. The catch of salmon at these 

 stations was as follows: 



The output in 1910 was 27,328,000 pounds; in 1911, 25,536,000 

 pounds; in 1912, 25,760,000 pounds; and in 1913, 47,488,000 pounds. 

 These figures do not include the output of river stations. In 1913 

 the number of salmon caught at river stations was 2,237,000 and of 

 herring 100,000. Of this catch, 10,024,000 pounds of fish were 

 prepared, as compared with 8,064,000 pounds in 1912 and 9,856,000 

 pounds in 1911. Of the total production of 57,568,000 pounds in 



