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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



TERRITORIAL LICENSE TAX 



Fisheries license taxes were collected by the Territory under the 

 general revenue law of 1921, as amended in subsequent sessions of the 

 Territorial Legislature. A statement from Oscar G. Olson, Terri- 

 torial treasurer, under date of May 9, 1936, gives the collections made 

 to that date for the year 1935. It was stated that collections under 

 the several schedules were fairly complete, although a number of the 

 fisheries companies had not yet made full settlement. The outstand- 

 ing salmon pack taxes amounted to approximately $125,000, 



Fishery license taxes collected by Territory for fiscal year ended December 31, 1935 



WATER-POWER PROJECTS IN ALASKA 



Applications for permits for water-power projects in Alaska are 

 referred to the Bureau by the Federal Power Commission for report as 

 to whether the development of the project would be detrimental to 

 the fishing interests. \Mien the proposed project affects a stream in 

 which salmon spav/n, investigations are made in order to determine 

 what measures are necessary to prevent impairment of the runs of 

 fish, and if appropriate protection is not otherwise assured the applica- 

 tion is rejected. 



In 1935, applications were made for water-power projects at the 

 following places: (1) a small unnamed creek flowing into the northeast 

 arm of Uganik Bay on the west side of Kodiak Island; (2) a small 

 unnamed creek on the north shore of Hood Bay on Admiralty Island; 



(3) Lost Creek and Upper and Lower Lost Lakes, north of Seward; 



(4) a small unnamed lake on Sitkalidak Island; (5) an unnamed creek 

 on the north shore of Washington Bay, Kuiu Island. The last- 

 mentioned application referred to a project which had been con- 

 structed and operating in trespass for about 17 years. As none of the 

 streams concerned were used by spawning salmon, the Bureau made 

 no objection to the utihzation of the waters for power development. 



KUSKOKWIM RIVER 



A patrol of the Kuskokwim River district was again maintained by 

 Stream Guard Charles McGonagall, ^vdtli a chartered launch. Two 

 outfits fished near the mouth of the river for export from Alaska — that 

 of Robert Gherkie and the floating plant Anvil of the Davis Fisheries, 



