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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Wiuchester 
  rifles 
  arc 
  used 
  iu 
  killing 
  the 
  lions. 
  The 
  hnuters 
  go 
  tjuite 
  close, 
  shoot- 
  

   itig 
  the 
  liou 
  iu 
  the 
  hack 
  or 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  head; 
  if 
  shot 
  iu 
  any 
  other 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  

   they 
  usually 
  succeed 
  iu 
  reaching 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  are 
  lost. 
  The 
  hides 
  are 
  salted 
  and 
  

   shipped 
  green 
  to 
  Sau 
  Francisco, 
  the 
  hunters 
  receiving 
  only 
  one-half 
  cent 
  a 
  pound 
  

   for 
  them, 
  the 
  average 
  weight 
  being 
  60 
  pounds. 
  

  

  The 
  genital 
  organs 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  trade 
  as 
  "trimmings," 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  

   valuable 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  auiuial. 
  During 
  1895 
  these 
  sold 
  for 
  90 
  cents 
  each 
  when 
  dried, 
  

   the 
  Chinese 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco 
  taking 
  all 
  offered. 
  When 
  green 
  the 
  trimmings 
  average 
  

   2 
  to 
  3 
  pounds 
  each; 
  when 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  dry 
  the 
  average 
  is 
  1 
  pound. 
  Next 
  

   iu 
  value 
  are 
  the 
  whiskers 
  ; 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  males 
  are 
  much 
  the 
  shortest, 
  largest, 
  and 
  

   most 
  A'iiluable, 
  selling 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  13 
  cents 
  each 
  for 
  the 
  largest, 
  which 
  are 
  10 
  to 
  12 
  

   inches 
  long; 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  ai'e 
  fewer 
  in 
  number, 
  slender 
  and 
  longer, 
  some 
  being 
  

   18 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  but 
  less 
  valuable 
  fi'om 
  beiug 
  so 
  slender. 
  Only 
  few 
  whiskers 
  are 
  

   saved 
  from 
  each 
  lion, 
  on 
  an 
  average 
  four 
  to 
  six, 
  of 
  about 
  50 
  cents 
  value. 
  

  

  Lions 
  are 
  of 
  smaller 
  size 
  than 
  in 
  past 
  years 
  before 
  the 
  killing 
  of 
  so 
  mauy 
  of 
  the 
  

   larger 
  and 
  older 
  became 
  a 
  business. 
  Lions 
  now 
  killeil 
  are 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  I 
  years 
  old 
  and 
  

   average 
  from 
  600 
  to 
  1,000 
  jiounds 
  each. 
  A 
  few^ 
  old 
  aud 
  large 
  lious, 
  that 
  will 
  weigh 
  

   from 
  1,500 
  to 
  2,000 
  pounds 
  each, 
  are 
  annually 
  killed. 
  

  

  STATISTICS 
  BY 
  COUNTIES. 
  

  

  Table 
  showiiitj 
  tlie 
  luiviber 
  of 
  peraoiis 
  eiiiploydd 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Oreyon 
  in 
  1S95. 
  

  

  Table 
  filioann-;/ 
  by 
  voitiiUes 
  the 
  vessels, 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  other 
  propertij 
  employed 
  in 
  

   the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Oreyon 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  