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FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1910. 



respecting the fisheries. The Department on the other hand is 

 inclined to allow a liberal term before any prohibition upon the 

 industry shall become effective, and upon the fixing of this term the 

 question may be said to pend. A few years' delay in the inaugura- 

 tion of this change, intended to hold indefinitely, is a matter of little 

 moment to the fisheries, but of imminent importance to the industry. 



STATISTICS. 



The following tables show the condition of the herring industry 

 in 1910: 



Persons Engaged in the Alaska Herring Fisheries in 1910. 



Investment in the Alaska Herring Fisheries in 1910. 



a Includes outfit. 



