64 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUK INDUSTRIES, 1911. 



Products of the Alaska Trout 1^^SHERY in 1911. 



« Each case contains 48 1-pound tall cans. 



LICENSE TAXES ON FISHERY PRODUCTS. 



Tender the provisions of the fishery law of 1906 the salmon packers 

 and fertihzer and fish-oil manufacturers in Alaska are required to pay 

 license fees based on the amount of business done. The granting of 

 these licenses and tlie collection of the fees is in the hands of the clerk 

 of the court of the judicial district in which the packer is operating. 

 The law literally requires the operator to pay the license fee in advance, 

 but as the fee is based upon the amount of the product and it would 

 be impossible in such an uncertain industry as fisliing to estimate the 

 output in advance, it is the custom to require only the application for 

 a license before beginning operations and then at the end of the season 

 a return of the amount due the district. 



The following table shows the quantity of taxable fishery products 

 prepared, the stated license tax on the product, and the total amount 

 of tax due on each. The last item is approximate, being based upon 

 returns on file at this Bureau, nearly all of which are sworn state- 

 ments, but a few are only estimated, and therefore the total may 

 vary somewliat from the returns sent to the clerk of the court. It 

 is not probable, however, that the amount given will differ much 

 either way from the correct amount as shown by the returns of the 

 clerks: 



