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V. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



CANNING INDUSTRY, 1864 TO 1919. 

 SUMMARY OF CANNING INDUSTRY. 



From the l)oginning of the canning of salmon on this coast it has 

 been tlie most important branch of the industry, and the following 

 table shows in condensed form the number of cases packed in each 

 year on the Pacific coast of North America from the beginning of the 

 industry in 18G4 to 1919, both inclusive. 



As British Columbia is a Province of the Dominion of Canada it 

 does not come strictly \\ ithin the scope of this report, but in order to 

 show the pack of canned salmon on the North American shores of 

 the Pacific Ocean, which would be incomplete without that of the 

 Province, it has been included also. 



Pack op Canned Salmon on the Pacific Coast, by Years and Waters. 



