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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Suinmari/ 
  of 
  salmon 
  catch 
  of 
  Waahingto)!, 
  Oregon, 
  and 
  California 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  States 
  and 
  waters. 
  

  

  Lbs. 
  

  

  "Washington 
  : 
  

   Straits 
  of 
  Fuca 
  and. 
  Geor- 
  

   gia 
  and 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  

  

  canned 
  

  

  Do 
  fresh. 
  

  

  Nooksack 
  Kiver 
  . 
  . 
  .do. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Skagit 
  River 
  do.. 
  . 
  

  

  Stilli 
  gua 
  III 
  ish 
  River, 
  

  

  fre.-^h 
  

  

  Snohomish 
  River, 
  .fresh. 
  

  

  Qiiiuaielt 
  River 
  do. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Grays 
  Harbor 
  do. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Do 
  canned. 
  

  

  "Willaiia 
  Bay 
  fresh. 
  

  

  Do 
  canned. 
  

  

  Washington 
  and 
  Oregon 
  : 
  

   Columbia 
  River., 
  .fresh. 
  

  

  Do 
  canned. 
  

  

  Oregon 
  : 
  

   Til 
  lamookRiver 
  . 
  can 
  ned 
  . 
  

  

  Nehalem 
  River 
  do. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Alsey 
  a 
  River 
  do 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Do 
  fresh 
  . 
  

  

  Yaquina 
  River 
  do. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  12, 
  954, 
  882 
  

   7, 
  557, 
  503 
  

   1, 
  997, 
  180 
  

   2,430,707 
  

  

  180, 
  0(10 
  

  

  821,515 
  

  

  43, 
  600 
  

  

  1,077,790 
  

  

  855, 
  967 
  

  

  36, 
  899 
  

  

  1,593,670 
  

  

  4, 
  699, 
  657 
  

   41, 
  706, 
  001 
  

  

  931, 
  980 
  

   483, 
  280 
  

   340, 
  220 
  

   93, 
  690 
  

   152, 
  060 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $171, 
  603 
  

  

  103,267 
  

  

  27, 
  774 
  

  

  34, 
  165 
  

  

  3,000 
  

  

  16, 
  823 
  

  

  872 
  

  

  24, 
  358 
  

  

  9,605 
  

  

  662 
  

  

  16, 
  783 
  

  

  161, 
  583 
  

   1, 
  649, 
  173 
  

  

  8,080 
  

   6,680 
  

   3,719 
  

   1,060 
  

   2,420 
  

  

  States 
  and 
  waters. 
  

  

  Lbs. 
  

  

  Oregon 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Siuslaw 
  River 
  canned. 
  

  

  Umpqua 
  River 
  do. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Coos 
  River 
  and 
  Bay. 
  .do.. 
  . 
  

  

  Do 
  fresh 
  . 
  

  

  Co(iuille 
  River. 
  ..canned. 
  

  

  Sikhs 
  River 
  do. 
  .. 
  

  

  Rogue 
  River 
  fresh 
  . 
  

  

  Do 
  canned. 
  

  

  Clietco 
  River 
  fresh 
  . 
  

  

  California: 
  

   Smith 
  River 
  canned. 
  

  

  Do 
  fresh. 
  

  

  Klamaih 
  River. 
  . 
  .canned. 
  

  

  Eel 
  River 
  fresh. 
  

  

  Gualala 
  and 
  Noyo 
  rivers 
  

  

  fresh 
  

  

  Sacramento 
  River 
  . 
  . 
  fresh 
  . 
  

  

  Do 
  canned. 
  

  

  Monterey 
  Bay 
  fresh 
  . 
  

  

  San 
  Luis 
  Obispo 
  Bay 
  .do. 
  . 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  5, 
  774, 
  048 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  2, 
  438, 
  034 
  

  

  The 
  extent 
  of 
  thesalmou-canning 
  business 
  in 
  1895 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  States 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  summary. 
  In 
  the 
  47 
  canneries 
  that 
  were 
  in 
  operation 
  

   in 
  that 
  year 
  3,300 
  persons 
  were 
  employed 
  ; 
  the 
  capital 
  invested 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  $2,763,000; 
  nearly 
  65,000,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  fresh 
  salmon 
  were 
  utilized, 
  

   for 
  which 
  the 
  canners 
  paid 
  $1,068,000, 
  and 
  the 
  prepared 
  goods 
  consisted 
  

   of 
  955,600 
  cases, 
  with 
  a 
  market 
  value 
  of 
  $4,224,000. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  averages 
  for 
  each 
  cannery 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  table: 
  

   Number 
  of 
  employes, 
  70; 
  investment, 
  $58,795; 
  pounds 
  of 
  salmon 
  util- 
  

   ized, 
  1,375,478; 
  cases 
  of 
  salmon 
  canned, 
  20,330; 
  gross 
  weight 
  of 
  salmon 
  

   per 
  case, 
  67.6 
  pounds; 
  value 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon 
  per 
  case, 
  $4.42. 
  The 
  

   average 
  pack 
  in 
  California 
  was 
  7,259 
  cases, 
  in 
  Oregon 
  20,225 
  cases, 
  and 
  

   in 
  Washington 
  23,573 
  cases. 
  

  

  Summary 
  of 
  the 
  salmon-canning 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  States 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  pack 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  States 
  in 
  1893, 
  1894, 
  

   and 
  1895 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table, 
  which 
  shows 
  by 
  species 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  cases 
  canned 
  in 
  each 
  body 
  of 
  water. 
  In 
  the 
  last-named 
  

   year 
  955,626 
  cases 
  were 
  prepared, 
  of 
  which 
  634,696 
  were 
  packed 
  on 
  the 
  

   Columbia 
  Elver. 
  The 
  market 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  canned 
  salmon 
  was 
  $4,224,268. 
  

  

  