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pouads of meal and 2,303,374 gallons of oil in 1928, to 23,872,093 

 pounds of meal and 3,120,307 gallons of oil in 1929. 



The output of Scotch-cured lierring in all parts of central Alaska 

 was negligible, the total being 200,250 pounds, valued at $13,600. 

 The production of meal and oil, which is carried on only in the Prince 



Figure 9. — Unloading herring, Washington Bay, southeast AJaslia 



William Sound area of the central district, was on about the same 

 level as in the preceding year. 



In the Aleutian Islands region the pack of Scotch-cured herring was 

 slightly more than 5,000,000 pounds, as compared with some 6,500,000 

 pounds in the preceding season. 



Of the 27 estabhshments that handled herring in southeastern 

 Alaska, 5 were cold-storage plants that froze herring for bait, and 5 

 were engaged solely in the production of herring for bait. Among 



