202 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
IMPORTS OF CURED SALMON. 
Below are shown the imports into this country of foreign-cured 
salmon, the product of the Pacific salmon fisheries, from 1886 to 1909, 
inclusive. 
Imports oF FoREIGN PICKLED Pacrric SaLmMon, 1886 To 1909.4 
| Britis 1 Columbia. Japan. Hongkong. Russia, Asiatic. Total. 
Year. 
Pounds. | Value. | Pounds. | Value. | Pounds. | Value. | Pounds. | Value. | Pounds. | Value. 
5,600 | $224 5,600 | $224 
200 ae a 200 
86,000 | 4,031 |... 86,000] 4,031 
18,200} "860 18, 200 860 
600 36 600 36 
200 5 200 5 
Seavey eee oalelend 5,478 291 
149, 410 | 17,592 |... 4 11,875 | $208 | 162)485| 17,919 
6,550] 250 |... 7, 150 263 
6,530| 474 6,530 474 
6, 890 156 6, 890 156 
4145 188 14) 045 456 
17) 415 805 
34,247 | 1,617 
a After 1909 all imports of salmon, pickled or salted, are included under “All other cured or preserved.” 
b Includes 157 pounds, valued at $6, from China. 
Since 1910 all imports of pickled salmon have been lumped together 
and it has been impossible to distinguish the imports of Pacific salmon 
from those imported from Atlantic districts. The table below shows 
the total imports, almost all of which comprise salmon from the 
Province of British Columbia in the Dominion of Canada. 
Fiscal Fiscal Fiscal 
a ding Pounds. | Value. anaing Pounds. | Value. pret ¢ | Pounds. | Value. 
June 30— June 30— June 30— 
POU e >. 695,878 | $62, 769 || 1914...... 1,114,927 | $84,503 || 1917...... 945,394 | $81,776 
i) Oa aae 417,938 | 33,901 || 1915...... 1,162}341 | 104451 || 1918...... 739,759 | 74,042 
1913...... 344,530 | 28,650 || 1916...... 1,010,844 | 70,837 || 1919...... 859,276 | 117,352 
