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  Statistics. 
  

  

  In 
  1914, 
  there 
  were 
  15 
  salteries 
  in 
  operation, 
  as 
  compared 
  ivith 
  

   24 
  in 
  1913, 
  and 
  the 
  investment 
  declined 
  from 
  $445,377 
  to 
  $286,3f.6. 
  

   The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  engaged 
  decreased 
  from 
  478 
  in 
  1913 
  to 
  248 
  in 
  

   1914. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  pickled 
  salmon 
  also 
  shows 
  a 
  proportionate 
  

   reduction, 
  for 
  this 
  year 
  it 
  was 
  but 
  26,: 
  62 
  barrels, 
  valued 
  at 
  $252,662, 
  

   as 
  against 
  38,332 
  barrels, 
  valued 
  at 
  $279,249, 
  in 
  1913. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  

   noted 
  that 
  although 
  the 
  quantity 
  prepared 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  about 
  one- 
  

   third 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  the 
  value 
  was 
  only 
  about 
  10 
  per 
  

   cent 
  less. 
  Of 
  this 
  year's 
  production 
  of 
  pickled 
  salmon 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  

   approximately 
  89 
  per 
  cent 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Bering 
  Sea 
  region, 
  as 
  

   compared 
  with 
  77 
  per 
  cent 
  from 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  Alaska 
  last 
  year. 
  

  

  Investment 
  in 
  the 
  Salmon 
  Pickling 
  Industry 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  Persons 
  Engaged 
  in 
  the 
  Salmon 
  Pickling 
  Industry 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  