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Extent of salmon-canning industry of Oregon in 1S89, 1890, 1891, and 1892 — Contiuueil. 



Counties and 

 years. 



Benton: 



1889 



1891 



1892 



Clatsop: 



1889 



1890 



1891 



1892 



Coos : 



1889 



1891 



1892 



Curry : 



1889 



1890 



1891 



1892 



Douglas : 



1889 



1892 



Lane: 



1889 



1890 



1891 



1892 / 



Multnomah : 



1889 



1890 



1891 



1892 



Tillamook : 



1889 



1890 



1891 



1892 



Wasco : 



1889 



1890 



1891 



1892 



Total: 



1889 



1890 



1891 



1892 



Total quantity of fresh salmon utilized. 



Chint5ok. 



Pounds. Value. 



320,740 

 193,000 

 224,000 



1,866.085 

 ,538,416 

 ;,974,042 

 !, 328, 418 



32,500 

 29,100 

 52,500 



883,757 

 ,048,027 

 ,162,113 



632,637 



270,900 

 105,000 



168,420 

 114,969 

 110,000 

 141,100 



322,475 

 ,893.815 



677,234 

 ,313,300 



490,000 

 297,500 

 309,610 

 280,000 



261,732 

 670,871 

 226,660 

 549.120 



,616,609 

 .,063.598 

 1,681,759 

 s 626,075 



$3,849 

 1,930 

 2,600 



430,614 

 348,837 

 555,874 

 483,635 



487 

 320 

 836 



26,027 

 31,441 

 34,870 

 17,507 



5,418 

 1,312 



3,868 

 862 

 825 



1,763 



Blueback. 



Pounds. I Value. 



213,378 

 242,352 

 145,860 

 629,244 



$10,669 

 4,847 

 2,917 

 14,169 



12,899 359,860 

 41.814 2.084,645 

 20,316 i 331,855 

 39,400 2,079,855 



7.840 

 2,975 

 3,715 

 3,360 



8,179 

 20,126 



6,8U0 

 16,443 



488,032 



1,391,880 



253,820 



768,210 



498,681 1,061,270 

 446,055 3,718,877 

 624,6.50 I 731,535 

 566,856 3,477,309 



14,395 

 62,499 

 9,955 

 60,639 



14,641 



41,7.56 



7,615 



23,045 



39,705 

 109,102 

 20,487 

 97,853 



Steelhead. 



Pounds. VaJue 



681,846 



869,088 



802, 16J 



1,383,954 



?!20,455 

 8,691 

 10,428 

 22,143 



62,240 

 345,350 

 216,060 

 960,.37O 



31,500 

 490,000 

 192,220 

 704,195 



775,586 

 1,704,438 

 1,210,444 

 3,048,519 



2,499 

 10,360 



6,482 

 28,911 



631 

 9,318 

 4,324 

 13,536 



23,585 

 28,369 

 21,234 

 64,590 



Silver. 



Pounds. Value 



324,260 

 69,000 

 29,000 



361,940 

 404,390 

 170,180 

 604,600 



455,000 



158,770 

 262,500 



513,988 

 193,533 

 151,587 

 147,323 



.$4,864 

 690 

 355 



8,697 

 5,974 

 1,702 

 6,046 



9,100 

 2,381 

 4,037 



10,280 

 3,871 

 3,032 

 2,946 



534,100 10,682 

 754,600 11,314 



842,210 



291,621 



223,270 



1,198,300 



285,600 



867,900 



178,500 



1,049,500 



374,185 



3,317,093 



1,757,444 



951,307 



4,420,008 



21,054 

 4,375 

 3,350 



17,794 



5,700 

 13,018 



2,677 

 15,742 



7,484 



70,377 

 27,238 

 13,832 

 65,718 



Total. 



Pounds. Value. 



645,000 

 262,000 

 253,000 



$8, 713 

 2,620 

 2,955 



10,123.249 470, 435 

 13,054,246 368,349 

 15,092,246 570,921 

 14,946,210 525,993 



487,500 

 187,870 

 315,000 



1,397,740 



1,241,560 



1,313,700 



779,960 



9,587 

 2,701 

 4,873 



36, 307 

 35,312 



37, 902 

 20, 453 



805,000 16, 100 

 859,600 j 12,626 



1,010,630 I 24,422 

 406,590 j 5, 237 

 333,270 4,175 



1,339,400 j 19,557 



744,575 1 29,793 

 3,823,810 114,673 

 1,225,149 i 36,753 

 4,353,525 128,050 



775,600 

 1,165,400 



488,110 

 1,329,500 



781,264 

 2,552,751 



672,700 

 2,395,710 



16,770,5.58 

 22,244,357 

 19,.575,045 

 20,571,911 



13, 540 

 15, 993 

 6,392 

 19, 102 



23, 451 

 71,200 

 18, 739 

 60, 508 



632, 348 

 610,764 

 680, 203 

 795, 017 



CURRY COUNTY. 



The fisheries of this, the most southern county of the State, continue 

 to be confined to the taking of salmon, although other anadromous 

 species ate, in their season, found entering some of the rivers, while 

 numerous other fish are found in the ocean just outside the mouths of 

 the streams. The five rivers of the county in which commercial fishing 

 is prosecuted (Rogue, Windcliuck, Chetco, Sikhs, and Elk) have beeu 

 described in a former report. The Sikhs and Elk are of little imijor- 

 tance as fishing streams except to the rancher's living near them. 



Rogue River. — This, next to the Columbia, is the largest and longest 

 coast river in Oregon. It has spring and fall runs of chinook salmon, 

 and its fisheries continue of great importance. The catch of salmon 

 shows considerable fluctuation, which is, in a measure, dependent on 

 the amount of artificial propagation carried on at the private hatchery 

 on the river. The marked decrease in the yield in 1892 was thought 



