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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914, 
  

  

  and 
  year 
  out 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  average 
  cost 
  of 
  producing 
  a 
  thousand 
  vigor- 
  

   ous 
  sahnon 
  fry. 
  In 
  recent 
  years, 
  the 
  rebating 
  system 
  has 
  evoked 
  

   considerable 
  criticism, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  anticipated 
  that 
  before 
  long 
  Congress 
  

   will 
  provide 
  for 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  all 
  hatcheries 
  in 
  Alaska 
  by 
  the 
  Fed- 
  

   eral 
  Government. 
  This 
  plan 
  wiU 
  involve 
  paying, 
  at 
  fair 
  valuation, 
  

   for 
  the 
  private 
  hatclieries 
  operated 
  under 
  the 
  rebating 
  system. 
  The 
  

   owners 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  private 
  hatcheries 
  are 
  quite 
  in 
  accord 
  with 
  

   this 
  suggested 
  change. 
  

  

  The 
  operators 
  of 
  private 
  salmon 
  hatcheries 
  in 
  Alaska 
  are 
  required 
  

   by 
  law 
  to 
  make 
  affidavit 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fry 
  released 
  for 
  each 
  

   year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  these 
  returns, 
  rebate 
  cer- 
  

   tificates 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1914, 
  are 
  allowable, 
  as 
  

   shown 
  by 
  the 
  table 
  which 
  follows: 
  

  

  Rebates 
  Credited 
  to 
  Private 
  Salmon 
  Hatcheries 
  During 
  the 
  Fiscal 
  Year 
  

  

  ENDED 
  June 
  30, 
  1914. 
  a 
  

  

  Owners. 
  

  

  Alaska 
  I'ackers 
  Association 
  

  

  Do 
  

  

  North 
  •v\estern 
  Fisheries 
  Co 
  

  

  Do 
  

  

  Nortli 
  Pacific 
  Trading 
  & 
  Padding 
  Co., 
  and 
  North 
  Aliiska 
  Salmon 
  

   Co 
  

  

  Naha 
  Stream 
  . 
  

   Karliik 
  Itiver. 
  

   Quadra 
  Lake 
  . 
  

   Hetta 
  Lake.. 
  . 
  

   Klawak 
  Lake. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Red 
  salm- 
  

   on 
  fry 
  

   liberated. 
  

  

  8,700,000 
  

   31,546,080 
  

   17,054,aX) 
  

   3,590,500 
  

   3,465,000 
  

  

  64,355,580 
  

  

  Rebate 
  

   due. 
  

  

  S3, 
  480 
  

  

  12,618 
  

  

  6,821 
  

  

  1,436 
  

  

  1,386 
  

  

  25,741 
  

  

  a 
  In 
  Ihe 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  hatcheries 
  where 
  the 
  seasonal 
  distribution 
  of 
  fry 
  is 
  not 
  completed 
  before 
  July 
  1, 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  fry 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  subsequent 
  fiscal 
  year's 
  report. 
  

  

  HATCHERY 
  INSPECTION 
  

  

  All 
  private 
  salmon 
  hatcheries 
  in 
  Alaska 
  are 
  inspected 
  at 
  various 
  

   times 
  each 
  year 
  by 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  to 
  determine 
  whether 
  they 
  

   are 
  operated 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  which 
  merits 
  the 
  Department's 
  approval. 
  

   It 
  seems 
  proper 
  to 
  note 
  here 
  that 
  all 
  five 
  of 
  the 
  private 
  hatcheries 
  

   operated 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1914 
  were 
  well 
  conducted. 
  The 
  only 
  exception 
  

   to 
  this 
  statement 
  is 
  that 
  in 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  instances 
  there 
  might 
  with 
  

   propriety 
  have 
  been 
  better 
  facilities 
  for 
  rearing 
  and 
  feeding 
  the 
  

   young 
  salmon. 
  A 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery 
  inspection 
  consists 
  of 
  

   checking 
  up 
  the 
  records 
  and 
  taking 
  other 
  necessary 
  steps 
  to 
  deter- 
  

   mine 
  the 
  accuracy 
  of 
  returns 
  regarding 
  the 
  output. 
  

  

  Yes 
  Bay. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1913, 
  at 
  the 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  station, 
  49,050,000 
  sockeye- 
  

   salmon 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken, 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  2,000,000 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  the 
  

   Oregon 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  remainder 
  43,401 
  400 
  young 
  

   salmon 
  were 
  planted 
  this 
  spring 
  and 
  summer 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  lake 
  

   near 
  the 
  hatchery. 
  The 
  period 
  of 
  planting 
  extended 
  from 
  February 
  

  

  