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iiecessiiry to burn IVoiii 20 to 25 i>er cent jnore of it to obtain tbe same 

 results as Avith a lair (juality of Wellington coal. Capt. Tanner states 

 liowcver, that considering that it was taken from ji vein near the sur- 

 face, the extra amount required to furnish the same quantity of steam 

 will not seem excessive. It Avas shown that the eoal possesses merit, 

 and it Mill doubtless improve witli the developnuMitof the deeper veins. 



iS'o«//t of the Alaslca Peninsula. — While on the way south from Bering 

 Sea in Sei)tember, ISOO, a line of dredgings and soundings was carried 

 along the line of islands lying off tlie Pacific coast of this peninsula. 

 From off the Trinity Islands the soundings were continued in deep 

 water as far south as the Queen Charlotte Islands. The deep ocean 

 trough described in former reports as lying south of the Aleutian 

 Islands and the peninsula^, and trending in the same general direction, 

 was traced as far west as latitude 5(P 02' N., longitude 1.")!'^ 12' W., 

 which is to the southeastward of Kadiak Island. 



iSouthea stern Alaslai. — Practically nothing has yet been done toward 

 investigating the fishery resources of soutlieastern Alaska, all of the 

 time suitable and available for work in northein latitudes since the 

 Albatross arrived in the North Pacific having been s]>ent off" the south- 

 ern coast of the Alaska Peninsula and in Bering Sea. During July, 

 1889, however, a trip was made through the inland passages of the 

 southeastern part of the Territory as far as Juneau, with several mem- 

 bers of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, wiio were desirous of 

 inspecting the principal Indian settlements. The steamer left Tacoma 

 on July 8, and returned on the 2Sth of the same month. Stops were 

 made at FortTongass, Port Chester, KartaBay, Port Wrangall, Sitka, 

 Pavlofl" Harbor, Hoonyah Bay, Portage Bay, Chilkat, and Juneau. 

 Several important fishing stations and canneries w^ere visited, and 

 some investigations were made by means of the beam trawl, and other 

 kinds of fishing apparatus. Good ])hotographic views were also ob- 

 tained of Patterson, Muir, and Davidson glaciers. 



wasiiin(;ton, onEaoN, and California. 



Pnget ^onnil to Cape Mendocino, California. — The investigations begun 

 in this region in 1S88 Avere continued as far south as Cape Mendocino 

 during the latter i)art of the summer and the fjxll of 1889, and again lor 

 a short time in the fall of 1890. Thiscom))leted the i)reliminarv exam- 

 ination regarding the general features of the continental i)latform within 

 these limits, and the location and principal resources of the fishing- 

 grounds. Very few soundings had been made on this coast preA'ious 

 to the surveys of the steamer Albatross, in 1888, and none outside of the 

 50-fathom curve. The hydrograpliic AA^ork thus far accomplished l)y the 

 Albatross atfords the necessary information to define the contour of the 

 bottom into de])ths of at least 200 fathoms, and as the fisheries for a 

 considerable tinx', to come Avill not be carried b(\vond the 100-fathom 

 curve, the characteristics of the l)ottoni observed Avithin those limits 



