4 CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Halibut fiBhery 56 



Greneral conditions 56 



Statistics 57 



Puget Sound fishing fleet 59 



Herring fishery 59 



General conditions 69 



Statistics 61 



Fertilizer and oils 62 



Trout fishery 63 



License taxes on fishery products 64 



FISH CULTURE IN ALASKA. 



By Ward T. Bower. 



The hatcheries and their output 66 



Hatchery rebates 67 



Hatchery equipment and methods 67 



Government stations 68 



Yes Lake 68 



Afognak 69 



Private establishments 71 



Fortmann hatchery 71 



Karluk 73 



Klawak 77 



Hetta 77 



Quadra 78 



Etolin Island 79 



Improved methods of fish culture 80 



Taking of eggs by incision 80 



Prevention of loss by concussion 81 



Egg counts 82 



Handlir^ eggs in the hatchery 83 



Removal of dead eggs by use of salt solution 83 



Planting 86 



THE FUR-SEAL SERVICE IN 1911. 



By Walter I. Lembkey. 



Supplies for the islands 89 



Death of Dr. Chichester and Dr. Hahn 90 



Deficiency in personnel 91 



Affairs of the natives 91 



Bank accounts 91 



Resources for natives' support 93 



Census of native inhabitants 94 



Management of the seal herd 94 



Marking of bachelors for breeding reserve 94 



KilUng of seals 95 



Skins shipped 95 



Nvmiber of drives 96 



Detailed statistics of drives 96 



Weights of sealskins taken 97 



Enumeration of the herd 98 



Counts of bulls 98 



Estimated summary of seal life in 1911 99 



