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Taku Harbor is credited to this district, as some of it originated 

 elsewhere. 



Chatham Strait-Frederick Sound. — Includes part of the Taku can- 

 nery pack and the Petersburg Packing Co.'s pack, in addition to the 

 packs of all canneries on both shores of Chatham Strait and its bays 

 from Point Augusta to Cape Ommaney, and through Frederick 

 Sound and its bays northward to Taku Harbor, including Kake. 



Sumner Strait-Dixon Entrance. — Extends southward from Peters- 

 burg and eastward from Port Beauclerc to Cape Chacon and Dixon 

 Entrance, and includes all canneries on the mainland and intervening 

 islands from the Stikine River to Portland Canal. 



West coast, Prince of Wales Island. — Territory west and south of 

 a line from Cape Chacon to Point Baker and Cape Ommaney. 



Pack of canned salmon in Alaska in 1925, by districts ' 



Pack reduced to the basis of forty-eight 1-pound cans per case. 



MILD CURING 



In 1925 the salmon mild-cure industry of Alaska was maintained 

 at about the level of production of the previous year, although the 

 number of persons employed and the investment decreased, chiefly 

 in consequence of the withdrawal of operators in the western district. 

 There was an increase in the amount of product prepared in both the 

 southeastern and central districts. The industry gave employment to 

 1,535 persons (1,319 whites, 215 natives, and 1 Filipino), which was 

 231 less than the number employed in 1924. The investment of 

 $1,498,425, which was almost wholly in the^southeastern district, was 

 $80,810 less than in 1924. 



The total output of mild-cured salmon in 1925 was 5,217,600 

 pounds, valued at $1,085,466, as against 5,187,200 pounds, valued at 

 $1,137,301, in 1924, an increase of 30)400 pounds in quantity but a 

 decrease in value of $51,835. The pack consisted of 279,200 pounds 

 of cohos and 4,938,400 pounds of kings, all of which was produced in 

 southeastern Alaska except 172,000 pounds of kings, which were pro- 

 duced in the central district. In units of 800-pound tierces, the pack 

 consisted of 349 tierces of cohos and 6,173 tierces of kings. 



