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had arisen for a cheaper product. There is a very great difference 

 in the selUng value of the highest and lowest grades, and it is neces- 

 sary to have complete statistical data now in order intelligently to 

 comprehend the trend of the industry. While every effort has been 

 made to make these tables complete, there are, unfortunately, some 

 gaps which it was found impossible to fill. Such ellipses indicate 

 that either the canneries did not operate or that no data were 

 available for such periods. 



Although there are only five species of salmon found on the Pacific 

 coast, each bears several common names which are in general use in 

 one or more of the many fishing districts. Trade names of each 

 species as known in each district follow: 



Pack of Canned Salmon on Puget Sound in Specified Years. 



Year. 



1S77. 

 187S. 

 1879. 

 188U. 

 1881. 

 1882. 

 1883. 

 18,S4 . 

 1888. 

 1889. 

 1890. 

 1891. 

 1892., 

 1893. 

 1894. 

 1895. 

 189(i. 

 1897. 

 1898. 

 1899. 

 1900. 

 1901.. 

 1902. 

 1903. 

 1904. 

 19J5. 

 1906. 

 1907. 

 1908. 

 1909. 

 1910. 

 1911. 

 1912. 

 1913. 

 1914. 

 1915. 

 1916. 

 1917. 

 1918. 

 1919. 



Can- 

 neries 

 oper- 

 ated. 



Chinook. 



Cases. 



240 

 1, 0(J0 



382 



80 



1,200 



1,542 

 13, 495 



9,500 

 11,200 

 24,3m 

 22, 350 



Value. 



$1,200 



5, (XKJ 



2,101 



473 



6,480 



7,325 

 07, 475 

 39,045 

 50,024 

 103,180 

 134, 100 



Sockeye. 



Cases. 



Value. 



150, 245 



72,500 



69,352 



9,922 



48, 834 



10, 320 



600,470 



72,004 



60,324 



172,582 



101,706 



5,347 



179,532 



145,555 



270, 432 



638, 202 



505,385 



856,775 



5,538 



2,951 



47, 852 



41,781 



65, 143 



72, 979 



312,048 



252,000 



499,046 



229,800 



1,220,000 



372,301 



167,211 



109, 2()4 



825,453 



178,748 



93, 122 



170,951 



1,097,904 



2-18, 014 



127,709 



181,080 



1,073,1)99 



339, 787 



04,584 



90,800 



454,330 



52,587 



64,340 



$24, 921 



11,816 



103,371 



188,014 



273, 1U8 



350,299 



1, 248, 192 



1,058,400 



2,308,334 



1,149,000 



2,047,055 

 1, 003, 200 



053,871 

 4,952,718 

 1,251,230 



098,410 

 1,190,057 

 6,183,300 

 1,073,095 

 1, 108, 145 

 1,000,173 

 10,871,178 

 2,751,832 



676,709 



817,790 

 4,543,360 



730, 225 

 1,029,536 



Medium red or 

 silver. 



Cases. 



5,000 



2;« 



1,300 



7.480 



3,000 



5,809 



7,2)6 



11,812 



22,418 



.50, 805 



82,040 



91,900 



98,000 



111,387 



128,200 



85,817 

 103, 450 

 118,127 



79, 335 



91,497 

 119,472 

 128, 922 

 143, 133 

 102,755 

 250, 123 

 149,727 



01,019 

 158,9.33 

 18U, 783 

 208, 907 

 115, 8W 

 235,795 

 a 210, 883 



Value. 



$5,690 



37,400 

 15, 000 

 19, 308 

 24,50) 

 59,000 

 89, 072 

 154,218 

 204,448 

 282, 133 

 335, 240 

 418, 176 

 512,800 



429,085 

 413,800 

 447,851 

 337, 174 

 472,485 

 476, 288 

 044,922 

 030, 440 

 895, 153 



1,711,178 

 761,200 

 235,372 

 715,995 

 902, .335 



1,044,835 

 920, 880 



2,004,258 



2, 529, 996 



a lacludes 1,892 cases packed with reds brought from Alaska. 



