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U. S, BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



TERRITORIAL LICENSE TAX 



Fisheries license taxes were collected by the Territory under the 

 jreneral revenue law of !May 5, 1921, as amended by the act of May 

 5, 1923. A statement from the treasurer, under date of May 23, 

 1924, pves the collections made to that date for the year 1923. It 

 was stated that approximately only about $2,500 remained uncol- 

 lected on the basic rate taxes on canned salmon, but that many 

 cannery companies are contesting the graduated pack taxes, and 

 pending the outcome of the test cases now in the courts they are 

 withholding payment of such additional taxes in the approximate 

 sum of about $140,000. Collections under all other fisheries tax 

 schedules were reported as practically complete, with but little out- 

 standing. The total collections for the calendar year 1923 thus 

 reported are about $146,000 greater than in the preceding year. De- 

 tails in regard to collections on account of 1923 are shown in the 

 following table: 



Fishery license taxes' collected by Territory for fiscal year ended December SI, 192S 



Schedule 



Salmon canneries (pack) 



Salmon canneries (net income) 



C lam canneries 



Salteries _ 



Cold-storage plants 



Fresh-flsh dealers 



Fish-oil works and fertilizer and fish-meal plants 



Fish traps.- 



Gill and stake nets 



Seines _ 



Total 



Division 

 No. 1 



$123, 

 4, 



3, 



1, 



6, 



7, 



77, 



687. 72 

 633. 29 

 72.93 

 913.64 

 625. 00 

 288.88 

 174. 39 

 000.67 

 672. 00 

 800. 00 



229, 868. 52 



Division 

 No. 2 



$329. 80 



1.20 



Is.'oo' 



379.00 



Division 

 No. 3 



$207, 446. 85 



17, 315. 56 



878. 45 



5, 617. 35 



500.00 



8.26 



1, 764. 40 



27, 182. 95 



6, 151. 10 



1, 880. 00 



268, 744. 92 



Total 



$331, 134. 57 



21, 948. 86 



951. 38 



9, 860. 79 



2, 125. 00 



6,297. 14 



8, 939. 99 



104, 183. 62 



6, 871. 10 



6, 680. 00 



498, 992. 44 



ALASKA FISHERY LEGISLATION ENACTED 



The Legislature of Alaska, at its biennial session in 1923, passed 

 three acts affecting the fisheries of Alaska. 



The first of these provides for the licensing of fishermen annually, 

 and makes it unlawful for any person to engage in fishing for com- 

 mercial purposes without first obtaining a license. Fishermen 'are 

 divided into four classes, which are required to pay license fees as 

 follows : 



Resident fishermen of all classes $1 



Nonresident hook-and-line fishermen, exclusive of those who 



use set lines 3 



Nonresident gill-net and set-line fishermen j. 10 



Nonresident seine and set-net fishermen 25 



Licenses issued under this act are to be exhibited, upon demand 

 therefor, to any officer, agent, or employee of the Federal or Terri- 

 torial Government. 



The second act is intended to supplement the fishery laws of the 

 United States applicable to Alaska, to conserve the salmon supply 

 of Alaska, and to provide for close seasons for salmon fishing. Under 

 its terms southeastern Alaska is divided into two zones, in both of 

 which commercial fishing for salmon is stppped for 20 days. The act 

 is as follows: 



