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owner shall obtain the rebates from the output of any hatchery to which he might 

 otherwise be entitled under this act unless the efficiency of said hatchery has first 

 been approved by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor in the manner herein pro- 

 vided for. 



In 1901 the Pacific Steam Whaling Company established two small 

 hatcheries — one on Nagel stream, which enters the northern side of 

 Quadra Lake, on the mainland of southeast Alaska, and one on a 

 stream entering Freshwater Lake Bay, Chatham Strait. Both were 

 closed down in 1904 when the company failed. In 1908 the North- 

 western Fisheries Company, winch had acquired the Quadra plant, 

 removed it to a small stream entering the head of the lake and has 

 operated it ever since. 



In 1901 the Alaska Packers' Association erected a hatchery on 

 Heckman Lake, the third of a series of lakes on Naha stream, Reviila- 

 gigedo Island, and about 8 miles from Loring, where the association 

 has a cannery. This is without question the largest and costliest 

 salmon hatchery in the world, having a capacity of 110,000,000 eggs. 

 and the association is entitled to great credit for the public spirit it has 

 shown and the work it has done, entirely without remuneration until 

 1906, in building and operating not only this hatchery but also the 

 one at Karluk. 



The Union Packing Company, at Kell Bay, on Kuiu Island, and 

 Mr. F. C. Barnes, at Lake Bay, on Prince of Wales Island, in 1902 built 

 and operated small hatcheries, both of winch were abandoned after 

 one season's work. 



Up to 1905 the work of hatching salmon in Alaska was confined to 

 the salmon cannery men. In that year, however, the United States 

 Bureau of Fisheries erected a hatchery on Yes Lake, winch empties 

 through a short stream into Yes Bay, on Cleveland Peninsula. In 

 1907 the bureau constructed another hatchery, on Afognak Lake, near 

 Litnik Bay, Afognak Island. 



The following tables show the eggs gathered and the fry planted 

 from the government and privately owned hatcheries in Alaska: 



Output of the Salmon IIatcheries in Alaska Owned by the United States 

 Bureau op Fisheries, 1906 to 1910. 



