FISHING IN THE PRIAMUR DISTRICT OF SIBERIA. 15 
back salmon $1.25, summer chum salmon $3.50, and autumn chum 
salmon $7 per 100 fish, the salt to be supplied free by Shimada. 
This proposal did not meet with much success. 
The following tables show by species the catch of salmon in the 
Nikolaievsk district and the quantity prepared for the Russian mar- 
ket, 1909 to 1913: 
Catch. Prepared for Russian market. 
Soe | Chum. Chum. 
pS. ee OOS | Cavi 
zs 3 aviar. 
back. Summer | Autumn back. Summer | Autumn 
run. run. run. run. 
Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Tons. 
"LL ae 5 ee 2, 209,433 | 9,574,285 | 4, 858,099. 145, 373 877,423 | 1,398,416 1,040 
ee 5,076, 286 | 12,536, 174 5, 814, 498 1, 005, 274 2,497, 165 1,975, 033 1,397 
Tent a's s wae 2,621,449 | 10,749,482 | 4,686, 236 523,338 | 2,197,168 | .2,424,890 1,123 
UGH oe Oe eee ee 5,822,729 | 7,199,309 | 3,669,073 | 1,154,913 | 4,009,574 | 2,886, 869 1,171 
MES iseccceccccvcacsuse 5, 688, 233 | 7,985,579 | 4,324,187 | 4,806,629 | 6,608,804 | 3,212,499 1,107 
The number of salmon—tresh, salted, and frozen—delivered to 
Japanese buyers, 1909 to 1914, was, by species, as follows: 
Fresh and salted. Frozen, 
Hump- 
, Years. Chum, Chum, | back and | Chum, 
Humpback.| summer autumn chum, autumn 
run. run. summer run. 
run. 
EN ieise cs oaninns Jancw dances ccestcesncactssses 2,029,200 | 8,733,623 | 3,510,847 48, 463 157, 081 
MOSES SLE eo a dina das cktde' Slide coe oie d SE 4,071,012 | 10,039,101 | 3,195, 343,959 
WANS 60. See Soe ae enna ee ae een 2,081,625 | 8,025,216 | 2,368,798 105, 328 129, 801 
LED 5 SP aS oe ee ee ae Soe eR ae 4,686,016 | 3,295,603 780, 303 102, 000 120,000 
MEE Ne ere a eee ee ce dsincane eso ssnsecasd=s 881,604 | 1,231,775 953, 688 118, 000 158, 000 
In 1913 in the Nikolaievsk district salmon were prepared for the 
‘Russian and other than Japanese markets, as follows: 
e 
Chum, Chum, 
aos summer | autumn 
: run. run. 
‘ Tons. Tons. Tons. 
SME pete ree Se acne cic a Snir s'swaitacwpoeeuee bewewoeCeuwescomepee 5,920 16, 794 14,918 
PUREE en oe cnet nutans owe ps ocnciencsussas me caaawane oeiseeeens 284 5 8 
Uh iytvr gale 5 Mey Beet at ec oan Se i lee SP ema Ga ae ea ee 15 41 527 
These figures show the small quantity of fish that is canned in 
this district. Some experts claim that the Amur salmon is not 
suitable for canning purposes. In the whole district there is only 
