FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1910. 



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seems to have arisen among readers of this report as to the profits of 

 the cannerymen, which have appeared to them enormous. Such 

 an erroneous conclusion is apparently based on the assumption that 

 the price received for the canned product represents practically net 

 profits. For eight years prior to the 1910 season but few of the 

 cannerymen received an adequate return upon the capital invested, 

 while many of them sustained heavy losses during certain years. 

 It has been found difficult to secure accurate data showing the cost 

 of operation, and several items, such as insurance, taxes outside of 

 Alaska, commissions paid the brokers, etc., have not been taken into 

 account, but it is hoped in time to include these. 



Investment in the Salmon-Canning Industry in 1910. 



Output. — The table of products shows the quantity and value of 

 each species packed, with size and style of cans. As usual, western 

 Alaska leads in value of the pack, but southeast Alaska leads in 

 quantity packed. Red, or sockeye, salmon predominate in central 

 and western Alaska, while humpback, or pink, salmon predominate 

 in southeast Alaska. 



