PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 183 



Tierces of Mild-Cured Salmon Packed on Pacific Coast from 1897 to1919.o 



o The net weight of fish in a tierce is about 800 pounds. King chinook, or spring salmon were used 

 almost exclusively. From most places the data are complete from tne time of the inception of the industry, 

 but from a few minor places the ciat a are somewhat f raementary. 



t> Includes Fort Bragg, on Moyo River. 



YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA. 



Some salmon fishing is carried on in that section of the upper 

 Yukon River wliich lies in Yukon Territory, Dominion of Canada. 

 The species taken are principally king and doo^, and these are sold 

 mainly in a fresh condition. The following table shows the quantity 

 taken and the value of same in certain years: 



Catch of Salmon in Yukon Territory, Canada, in Specified Years. 



TRADE WITH OUTLYING POSSESSIONS. 



As a result of the war with vSpain the United States in 1898 ac- 

 quired possession of Porto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands, 

 whil(! in the same year Hawaii became a part of this country at its 

 own request, and in 1900 two islands 01 the Samoan ^loup were 

 ac(|uir('d by a partition agreement with Great Britain and Germany. 

 The trade with the Philippine Islands is shf>wn to date in the tables 



