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STATISTICS 



In 1929, 156 canneries were operated in Alaska, 3 more than in 

 1928. The expansion of operations was confined to the central dis- 

 trict. Employment was given to 24,271 persons, as compared with 

 24,428 in 1928, a decrease of 157. ^Vliite employees increased 133, 

 natives 15, Filipinos 83, and miscellaneous 17, while Chinese decreased 

 117, Japanese 113, Mexicans 95, Porto Ricans 4, Kanakas 15, and 

 negroes 61. 



The total pack of canned salmon was 5,370,159 cases, valued at 

 S40,469,385. This was a decrease of 713,744 cases, or about 12 per 

 cent, from the pack of 1928, and a decrease in value of $4,914,500, 

 or about 11 per cent. The output in southeastern Alaska decreased 

 from 2,971,147 to 2,101,211 cases, or 29 per cent, and in western 

 Alaska from 1,473,601 cases to 1,184,445, or about 20 per cent, while 

 in central Alaska it increased from 1,639,155 to 2,084,503, or 27 per 



Figure 7.— Canned salmon and shipping cases at Alaska oannrry 



cent. In Alaska as a whole the pack of cohos decreased from 298,- 

 623 cases to 171,956 cases, or 42 per cent; chums decreased from 

 995,785 cases to 864,512 cases, or 13 per cent; pinks from 2,787,242 

 cases to 2,571,657 cases, or about 8 per cent; and reds from 1,948,094 

 cases to 1,689,927 cases, or 13 per cent. The only increase was in 

 the pack of kings, of which 72,107 cases were packed, as compared 

 with 54,159 cases in 1928, an increase of 17,948 cases, or 33 per cent. 

 Data are included in the following tables to show comparison of 

 the 1929 pack with the average for the five preceding years, 1924 to 

 1928, by cases of each species and by districts. Three species— pinks, 

 kings, and reds — show a gain in 1929 over the 5-year average, while 

 cohos and chums show a decline. By districts the decrease of approxi- 

 mately 17 per cent in southeastern Alaska was more than onset by 

 a gain of 30 per cent in central, while the pack in western Alaska 

 increased about 1 per cent, making a net increase for all of Alaska 

 of 3 per cent over the 5-year average. 



