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BRITISH COLUMBIA OPENING PRICES. 



The packers of British Columbia and the United States both sell 

 a considerable portion of their high-grade salmon abroad, and the 

 competition thus engendered compels a fairly close conformity in 

 prices. On salmon sold in the domestic markets, however, the 

 competition is not so keen; hence there is room for a considerable 

 diversity of opinion as to values. .Unlike the United States, there 

 is a very small market in Canada for chum salmon, and it has only 

 been in recent years that opening prices have been fixed on this 

 grade. 



British Columbia Opening Prices Since 1902. <» 



[Prices are for full cases.] 



o These opening prices have been furnished bv H. Bell-Irving A Co (Ltd.), of \ aiKyuvcr, IJritish 

 Columbia, C anada, well known packers and handlers of canned salmon. 



