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THE FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1906. 



cases, valued at $730,235. The greater part of the coho pack was 

 put up in Southeast Alaska, while the greater part of the king salmon 

 packed was made in Western Alaska. The total pack of all species 

 amounted to 2,246,989 cases, valued at $7,896,392. 



Table Showing, by Species and Sizes op Cans, the Output op Salmon prom 



THE Canneries in 1906." 



o All pound cases contain 48 one-pound cans; the half-poimd cases contain 48 half-pound cans. 



Comparison of paclc of 1905 and 1900. — The following table is a 

 comparison of the pack of 1905 and 1906. The latter year exceeded 

 by 339,022 cases and $1,591,721 the pack of 1905. A most notable 

 feature of this table is the large increase in the quantity of the cheaper 

 grades of salmon packed. In 1905 there were packed 41,972 cases of 

 dog, or chum, salmon, valued at $113,056, while in 1906 254,812 cases 

 were packed, valued at $730,235, an increase in quantity of 212,840 

 cases and in value of $617,179. The pack of humpback, or pink, 

 salmon increased from 168,597 cases, valued at $498,194, in 1905 to 

 349,767 cases, valued at $1,046,951, in 1906, a gain of 181,170 cases 

 and $548,757. The pack of cohos also increased — 42,833 cases and 

 $166,234. As compared with 1905 the pack of sockeye salmon in 

 1906 shows a decrease of 86,613 cases, but an increase in value of 

 $285,328. The pack of king salmon dropped off slightly, for reasons 

 noted elsewhere. 



Taking the ''one-pound tall," which is the common size can, as a 

 basis of comparison, it is seen that there has been a uniform increase 



