﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  

  

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  The 
  steamers 
  Beluga 
  (409 
  tons), 
  Bowhead 
  (243 
  tons), 
  Narwhal 
  (389 
  

   tons), 
  and 
  Thrasher 
  (502 
  tons), 
  did 
  not 
  engage 
  in 
  whaling 
  this 
  year, 
  

   but 
  were 
  laid 
  up 
  in 
  Oakland 
  Creek. 
  

  

  STATISTICAL 
  SUMMARY. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  investment 
  in 
  the 
  shore 
  whaling 
  industry 
  in 
  Alaska 
  this 
  

   year 
  was 
  $1,456,649, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $891,780 
  in 
  1913, 
  and 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  225, 
  as 
  against 
  99 
  in 
  1913. 
  

   The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  in 
  1914 
  also 
  shows 
  a 
  notable 
  gain, 
  being 
  

   $291,099 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $157,550 
  in 
  1913. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  

   whales 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  shore 
  stations 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  482, 
  while 
  in 
  1913 
  the 
  

   catch 
  was 
  186 
  whales. 
  

  

  Whales 
  Taken 
  in 
  Shore 
  Operations 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  Investment 
  in 
  Shore 
  Whale 
  Fishery 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  Items. 
  

  

  Vessels: 
  

  

  Steamers 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  

  

  rges 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  

  

  Launches 
  under 
  5 
  tons 
  

   Boats, 
  row 
  

  

  Items. 
  

  

  Lighters 
  and 
  scows. 
  

  

  Pile 
  drivers 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  plants 
  

  

  Cash 
  capital 
  

  

  Wages 
  paid 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  NumLer. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $350 
  

  

  750 
  

  

  612,900 
  

  

  475,000 
  

  

  91,119 
  

  

  1,456,649 
  

  

  Persons 
  Engaged 
  in 
  Shore 
  Whale 
  Fishery 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  ]914. 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Whites 
  

  

  Japanese. 
  . 
  . 
  

   Natives 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  134 
  

  

  77 
  

   14 
  

  

  225 
  

  

  Products 
  of 
  Alaska 
  Shore 
  Whaling 
  Operations 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  Products. 
  

  

  Quantity 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  Whale 
  oil 
  

  

  Sperm 
  oil 
  

  

  Fertilizer, 
  meat 
  

  

  Fertilizer, 
  bone 
  

  

  Fertilizer, 
  meat 
  and 
  bone 
  combined. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  .gallons.. 
  

   ...do.... 
  

  

  tons.. 
  

  

  ...do.... 
  

   ...do.... 
  

  

  632, 
  400 
  

   162, 
  750 
  

  

  702 
  

   86 
  

  

  273 
  

  

  $182,690 
  

  

  66, 
  727 
  

  

  31,256 
  

  

  2,236 
  

  

  8,190 
  

  

  291,099 
  

  

  