ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES, 1911. 31 



Investment in the Alaska Fisheries in 1911. 



a Includes outfit. 



6 Aggregate length of 1,350 yards. 



c Aggregate length of 40,228 yards. 



d Aggregate length of 73,702 yards, 

 e Aggregate length of 283,123 yards. 



PRODUCTS. 



A change has been made this year in the manner of tabulating the 

 products of the fisheries. As the pacldng establishments generally 

 import their fishermen from outside the district and furnish them with 

 boats, gear, etc., it has been found practically impossible to arrive 

 at the value of the products as they leave the fishermen's hands; 

 hence heretofore the values shown have been for the prepared prod- 

 ucts only, while the weights given represented the round weights (or 

 weight of the fish as taken from the water) of the fish used m pre- 

 paring the products. In the present report two tables have been 



