PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 183 
Trerces or Minp-CurED SALMON PACKED ON Paciric Coast FROM 1897 1701919. 
Colum- Tp Aee é 
British | Puget | Grays |Willapa| bia |Coastal| . Fel tpt ye 
Year. Alaska.| Colum-| Sound, |Harbor,|Harbor,| River | rivers, | River, | piver | Bay, | Total. 
bia. | Wash. | Wash. | Wash. (both Oreg. | Calif. | Gajit’ | Calif. 
sides). : . 
7,922 S08 Wed sa.20 5 22, 408 
8,185 | 1,247 110 | 2,011 160 | 19,717 
5,824 3,082 TOO 274 lee sco 22, 424 
5746 | $2USBE |o2e80.2 4, 789 550 | 28,282 
Bp 205 | oc c4Byi 25 .u8t! 1,829 | 1,476] 18,174 
4,078 333 3| 1,630 942 | 13,306 
4,656 ods [acest 650 | 1,069 | 15,070 
T3986 |252. 06!) 2.822. 1, 508 300 | 8, 749 
1, 804 275 455 | 1,913| 266] 10,483 
3, 328 148 |>1,326 | 2,355] 1,055] 17,184 
249 |109,660 | 12,158 | 2,589 | 57,781 | 9,564 | 300,668 
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a The net weight of fish in a tierce is about 800 pounds. King, chinook, or spring salmon were used 
almost exclusively. From most places the data are complete from the time of the inception of the industry, 
but from a few minor places the data are somewhat fragmentary. 
> Includes Fort Bragg, on Noyo River. * 
YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA. 
Some salmon fishing is carried on in that section of the upper 
Yukon River which lies in Yukon Territory, Dominion of Canada. 
The species taken are principally king and dog, and these are sold 
mainly in a fresh condition. The following table shows the quantity 
taken and the value of same in certain years: 
CarcH or SALMON IN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA, IN SPECIFIED YEARS. 
Salmon, Salmon. 
Year, a a De ire eT ae ae Year. 
Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. 
TS Ce Soest See ep 70, 000 $5,600 || 1914..... 188, 600 $18, 860 
TT fl pe es ee ea 138, 574 17,566 || 1915..... 157, 000 15,700 
UL eee er ee: 169, 900 18, 689 || 1916..... 143, 500 14, 350 
TAT Ae Ee ee Ce ae aaae 229, 000 29" 900}'||N1G17 same me mens ease asl ees Ree 
WE. See eee 224, 100 29541 0):|| 1018s eerie eecmae tia s|Seeepass sce 
1k ee ee een 182, 000 18; 2008) LORS Se ete nemisicine.« cles visivis| wwinle sisiwieiminiee | sae aa etalon 
TRADE WITH OUTLYING POSSESSIONS. 
As a result of the war with Spain the United States in 1898 ac- 
quired possession of Porto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands, 
while in the same year Hawaii became a pat of this country at its 
own request, and in 1900 two islands of the Samoan group were 
acquired by a partition agreement with Great Britain and Germany. 
The trade with the Philippine Islands is shown to date in the tables 
