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  HEPOKT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  more 
  tbau 
  half 
  are 
  credited 
  to 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River. 
  The 
  capital 
  

   iuvested 
  was 
  $4,047,324, 
  of 
  which 
  $3,2(34,030 
  represents 
  the 
  busiuess 
  

   of 
  the 
  Columbia 
  lliver. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  catch 
  was 
  80,774,000 
  pounds, 
  

   with 
  a 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  of 
  $2,438,000. 
  Of 
  these 
  amounts 
  40,405,000 
  

   pounds, 
  worth 
  $1,810,000, 
  were 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  Columbia. 
  Elver. 
  The 
  

   yield 
  of 
  chinook 
  salmon 
  was 
  npward 
  of 
  38,000,000 
  pounds 
  and 
  tluit 
  of 
  

   silver 
  salmon 
  22,000,000 
  pounds. 
  

  

  I'able 
  sJiowiuf) 
  by 
  waters 
  the 
  uitmher 
  of 
  persons 
  emplojicd 
  in 
  the 
  sahiuui 
  indiistrij 
  of 
  Jfash- 
  

   iiujton, 
  Oregon, 
  and 
  California, 
  in 
  lS9o. 
  

  

  States 
  and 
  waters. 
  

  

  Washington 
  : 
  

  

  Straits 
  of 
  Puca 
  and 
  

   Georgia 
  and 
  Puget 
  

   Sound 
  

  

  Noolvsack 
  IJi 
  ver 
  

  

  Sli:;iKit 
  lliver 
  

  

  Stilligiiaiiiisli 
  liiver 
  

  

  Siiohomisli 
  KivcT 
  

  

  (Juinaielt 
  Eiver. 
  .- 
  

  

  (Tra\ 
  s 
  Harbor 
  

  

  ^Viliaiia 
  Bay 
  ' 
  

  

  AVashington 
  and 
  Oregon 
  : 
  

  

  Columbia 
  lliver 
  

  

  Oregon: 
  

  

  Tillamook 
  Kiver 
  

  

  NehaU'm 
  River 
  

  

  Alseya 
  River 
  

  

  Taquina 
  River 
  

  

  Fisher- 
  Shores- 
  

   men, 
  men. 
  

  

  1,568 
  

  

  175 
  

  

  246 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  [201113 
  

  

  [2J126 
  

  

  4,772 
  

  

  60 
  

   44 
  

   67 
  

   26 
  

  

  L6ino 
  

  

  [68] 
  30 
  

  

  2,075 
  

  

  38 
  

   34 
  

   36 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  2, 
  155 
  

  

  175 
  

  

  246 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  [81] 
  123 
  

  

  [70 
  J 
  156 
  

  

  6,847 
  

  

  78 
  

  

  103 
  

  

  26 
  

  

  States 
  and 
  waters. 
  

  

  Oregon 
  — 
  Continued 
  . 
  

  

  Siuslaw 
  River 
  

  

  IJmpqua 
  River 
  

  

  Coos 
  River 
  and 
  Bay. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Coquille 
  River 
  , 
  

  

  Sikhs 
  River 
  

  

  Rogue 
  River 
  

  

  Chetco 
  River 
  

  

  California 
  : 
  

  

  Smith 
  River 
  

  

  Klamath 
  River 
  

  

  Eel 
  River 
  

  

  Gualala 
  and 
  Noyo 
  

   rivers 
  

  

  Sacramento 
  River 
  

  

  Monterey 
  Bay 
  

  

  Fisher- 
  Shores- 
  

   men, 
  men. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  180 
  

   100 
  

   CO 
  

  

  205 
  

  

  4 
  !. 
  

   65 
  1 
  

   12 
  . 
  

  

  12 
  ! 
  

   30 
  I 
  

   360 
  . 
  

  

  Total 
  9,068 
  3,299 
  12,367 
  

  

  268 
  

   145 
  

  

  94 
  

  

  267 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  127 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  47 
  

   60 
  

   360 
  

  

  10 
  

   811 
  

   50 
  

  

  Note.— 
  Figures 
  shown 
  in 
  brackets 
  represent 
  additional 
  men 
  who 
  came 
  from 
  tlie 
  Columbia 
  River 
  

   after 
  the 
  season 
  there 
  had 
  closed. 
  They 
  are 
  included 
  iu 
  the 
  figures 
  for 
  that 
  river. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  by 
  waters 
  the 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  the 
  salmon 
  industry 
  of 
  Washington, 
  Ore- 
  

   gon, 
  and 
  California, 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  States 
  and 
  waters. 
  

  

  Washington 
  : 
  

  

  Straits 
  of 
  Fuca 
  and 
  Georgia 
  and 
  Puget 
  Sound. 
  

  

  Nooksack 
  River 
  

  

  Skagit 
  River 
  

  

  Stilliguamish 
  River 
  

  

  Snohomish 
  River 
  

  

  Quinaielt 
  River 
  

  

  Grays 
  Harbor 
  

  

  Wiilapa 
  Bay 
  

  

  Washington 
  and 
  Oregon 
  : 
  

  

  Columbia 
  River 
  

  

  Oregon 
  : 
  

  

  Tillamook 
  River 
  

  

  Kehalem 
  River 
  

  

  Alseya 
  River 
  

  

  Taquina 
  River 
  

  

  Siuslaw 
  River 
  

  

  ITmpqua 
  River 
  

  

  Coos 
  River 
  and 
  B.ay 
  

  

  Coquille 
  River 
  

  

  Sikhs 
  River 
  

  

  Rogue 
  River 
  

  

  Chetco 
  River 
  

  

  California: 
  

  

  Smith 
  River 
  

  

  Klamath 
  River 
  .' 
  

  

  Eel 
  River 
  

  

  Gualala 
  and 
  N 
  oyo 
  Rivers 
  

  

  Sacramento 
  River 
  

  

  Montei'ey 
  Bay 
  

  

  Total 
  1,276,900 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  

  

  lands, 
  

   buildings, 
  

  

  and 
  

   fixtures. 
  

  

  $159, 
  300 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  2,500 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  14, 
  000 
  

   13, 
  000 
  

  

  874, 
  200 
  

  

  21, 
  000 
  

  

  12, 
  000 
  

  

  10, 
  000 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  34, 
  000 
  

  

  6,500 
  

  

  6, 
  000 
  

  

  11, 
  500 
  

  

  30, 
  000 
  

   200 
  

  

  2, 
  000 
  

   10, 
  000 
  

   3,000 
  

  

  65, 
  900 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  

   vessels, 
  

  

  boats, 
  and 
  

   fishing 
  

  

  apparatus. 
  

  

  $163, 
  336 
  

  

  10, 
  250 
  

   29, 
  040 
  

  

  740 
  

   8,083 
  

  

  C20 
  

   4,895 
  

   12, 
  580 
  

  

  1, 
  206, 
  930 
  

  

  6,000 
  

   3,300 
  

   4,210 
  

   1.950 
  

  

  11, 
  975 
  

   7,350 
  

   4,595 
  

   7,835 
  

  

  155 
  

  

  11,0*5 
  

  

  380 
  

  

  1,725 
  

  

  25, 
  725 
  

  

  280 
  

  

  153, 
  1.^0 
  

  

  2,500 
  

  

  1, 
  678, 
  924 
  

  

  Cash 
  

   capital. 
  

  

  $225, 
  000 
  

  

  30, 
  000 
  

   37, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  183, 
  500 
  

  

  20, 
  000 
  

   15, 
  000 
  

   12, 
  000 
  

  

  28, 
  000 
  

   10, 
  000 
  

   10, 
  000 
  

   18, 
  000 
  

  

  35, 
  000 
  

  

  5,000 
  

   4,000 
  

   4,000 
  

  

  55, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  691, 
  500 
  

  

  Total 
  value 
  

  

  of 
  

   investment. 
  

  

  $547, 
  636 
  

   10, 
  750 
  

   31,540 
  

   1,040 
  

   8, 
  583 
  

   620 
  

   48, 
  895 
  

   62, 
  580 
  

  

  3, 
  264, 
  630 
  

  

  47, 
  000 
  

   30, 
  300 
  

   26, 
  210 
  

   2, 
  450 
  

   73, 
  975 
  

   23, 
  850 
  

   20, 
  595 
  

   37, 
  335 
  

  

  155 
  

   76, 
  045 
  

  

  580 
  

  

  7,275 
  

   15, 
  725 
  

   32, 
  725 
  

   280 
  

   274, 
  050 
  

   2,500 
  

  

  4, 
  647, 
  324 
  

  

  