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rate of 7 cents per case of red salmon, 31/4 cents per case on cohos. 

 and 3 cents per case on all other grades. 



In 1923 the company operated seven traps, for which fees amount- 

 ing to $1,414 were paid. The trap? caught 1,223.207 salmon, on 

 which a royalty of $13,700.15 was paid. There was paid to the 

 natives for labor in the cannery and for other purposes the sum of 

 $38,540. In addition the natives received $10,299 for 221,790 salmon 

 taken in seines and gill nets. The total return to the Metlakatlans 

 for royalties, fees, and labor was therefore $63,953.15. 



The suit brought by the Territory of Alaska against the Annette 

 Island Packing Co. for the collection of territorial license taxes in 

 1922 was appealed by the Territory to the circuit court of appeals 

 at San Francisco, which denied, on May 28, 1923, the right of the 

 Territory of Alaska to impose occupational taxes on the Annette 

 Island Packing Co. On October 22, 1923, the petition by the Terri- 

 tory for a review of the suit was denied by the United States 

 Supreme Court. 



STREAM MARKERS 



In general, the marking of stream mouths was limited to the re- 

 placement of markers that had been removed or destroyed since the 

 season of 1922. In southeast Alaska several unnamed streams on the 

 west coast of Chichagof and Baranof Islands Avere marked, and a 

 few on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island were also marked. 



STREAM GUARDS 



The bureau employed 46 men as stream guards in 1923. Of these 

 25 were stationed in southeast Alaska, 15 in central, and 6 in western 

 Alaska. 



The localities in southeast Alaska to which attention was given 

 are as follows : Takanis and Klag Bavs, Basket Bav, Chilkoot Inlet, 

 Chilkat Inlet, Tenakee Inlet, Pavlof Harbor, Kedoubt Bay, Taku 

 Inlet, Taylor Bay, Wilson Cove to Killisnoo, Salmon Bay, Peters- 

 burg Creek, Eagle Creek, Rocky Bay and Menefee Inlet, Staney 

 Creek and Deweyville, Thorne Bay, Port Jolmson, Thom's Place, 

 Anan Creek, Naha Bay, Karta Bay, Moira Sound, Olive Creek, Lake 

 Bay, Whale Passage, and Sockeye Creek. These fields were watched 

 for a period of approximately 50 days, beginning early in July and 

 continuing late in August. In a few instances longer details were 

 arranged. 



In central Alaska guards were placed in the following districts: 

 Bering River, Copper River delta, Coghill River, Eshamy Lagoon. 

 Cook Inlet, Afognak Island, Karluk River, and Olga Bay. In 

 western Alaska two guards were stationed on the Ugashik River, one 

 each on the Kvichak, Naknek, and Igushik Rivers, and one on the 

 Egegik River. 



In addition to this force, 4 statutory employees of the bureau op- 

 erated in southeast Alaska, 8 in central Alaska, 4 in western Alaska. 

 and 1 on the Yukon River. There were also 36 persons on the 

 bureau's vessels and 10 others temporarily employed in various 

 capacities. The foregoing makes a total of 17 statutory employees 

 and 92 others, or a grand total of 109 persons identified with fishery 

 protective work in Alaska in 1923. 



