300 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



barrels of salt fish worth $156,576. The persons employed iu this 

 branch of the salmon industry and the capital invested therein are 

 included in the figures given in the preceding paragraph and in the 

 tables which follow. 



Persons enqAoyed in the salmoyi industry of Alaska. 



Vessels, boats, apparatus, shore property, and cash capital employed in the salmon 



industry of Alaska. 



a With outfit. 



The vessels shown in the foregoing table are employed about tbe 

 stations or are engaged in transporting supplies to the canneries and the 

 prepared products to the markets. Many are of large size, and are 

 among the finest vessels employed in the United States in connection 

 with the fi.sheries. They are mostly steamers, but there are also ships, 

 barks, and schooners. The largest sailing vessel is a ship of 1,158.30 

 tons, and the largest steamer has a tonnage of 449.64. These two 

 vessels carry crews of 30 and 14 men, respectively. The aggregate 

 tonnage of this fleet in 1892 was 8,421,48, the value of the vessels was 

 $441,000, and the crews numbered 288. The following table relates to 

 the vessels employed in this capacity from 1889 to 1892, inclusive. A 

 number of steam launches of less than 5 tons burden, used at the 

 canneries, are classed as boats and do not appear in the table. 



Vessels engaged in the salmon industry of Alaska. 



a IncUulo'< outfit. 



