FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 



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made in the preceding year. Comparing the 1918 pack with that of 

 1919, southeast Alaska dropped from 3,375,445 cases to 3,119,260, 

 a decrease of 256,185 cases; central Alaska, from 1,391,951 to 771, 907 

 a decrease of 620,044 cases; and western Alaska, from 1,838,439 to 

 692,521, a decrease of 1,145,918 cases. Comparing the pack by 

 species for 1918 and 1919, it is found that cohos increased from 

 218,958 to 232,870 cases, a gain of 13,912 cases; chums increased 

 from 1,364,960 to 1,365,563 cases, a gain of 603 cases; humpbacks 

 chopped from 2,438,954 to 1,611,608 cases, a decrease of 827,346 

 cases; kings increased from 49,226 to 95,986 cases, an increase of 

 46,760 cases; and reds dropped from 2,533,737 to 1,277,661 cases, 

 a decrease of 1,256,076 cases. 



Investment, Persons Engaged, and Products of Alaska Salmon-Cannino 



Industry in 1919. 



o Koreans, Porto Ricans, Kanakas, Negroes, etc. 



