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varied from 26/6 to 27/6, according to quantities and qual- 

 ity. From June to September the price varied from 27/- to 

 28/-, with the exception of the first week in August, when 

 in consequence of the war, the market was excited, and 

 31/- was paid. After that the trade was very dull, 26/- 

 being accepted in some instances, sellers' ideas generally 

 being in the neighborhood of 27/-. The fact that the Puget 

 Sound packers demanded about 32/- for 1914 pack has not 

 so far produced any appreciable effect upon the English 

 spot market, but it is difficult to understand how a trade in 

 this shape can be continued unless the English market gets 

 nearer to the values being obtained in America. 



V6-lb. flats. The prices demanded for the 1914 pack were 

 so high as to make business practically impossible, and the 

 importations of 1913 pack were not on a sufficiently large 

 scale to make spot business to any extent worth recording. 



General. — The following is a list of the imports from all 

 sources into the United Kingdom from the year 1906: 



1906 about 1,233,000 cases 



1907 about 501,500 cases 



190S about 677,400 cases 



1909 about 823,300 cases 



1910 about 1,428,000 cases 



1911 about 850,000 cases 



1912 about 772,000 cases 



1913 about 1,271,000 cases 



1914 about. 2,176,096 cases 



From the above it will be noticed that the imports during 

 1914 were 699,000 cases in excess of the next largest quan- 

 tity during the above period. The stocks at the commence- 

 ment of 1914 may be estimated at about 300,000 cases, and 

 we anticipate it will be found that on December 31st, they 

 will not exceed 700.000 cases. This would make the actual 

 consumption for the year 1914 approximately 1,700,000 

 cases. 



It is not within the province of this review to attempt to 

 prophesy as to the future, but bearing in mind that deliv- 

 eries from public warehouses have continued to be very 

 good right up to the end of the year, and that Canned 

 Salmon is still cheap as compared with other articles of 

 food, we wish to point out that the Sockeye pack of British 

 Columbia Salmon in 1914 amounted to 563,696 cases, and 

 the Pinks 220,340 cases. These are the two grades which 

 interest our market, and they amount together to 756,996 

 cases. These are all sold with the exception of about 75,000 

 cases Sockeyes, and 33,000 cases Pinks, and a very consider- 

 able proportion of the goods purchased for the United King- 

 dom have already arrived and are included in our stocks. 

 We therefore estimate that the provision for 1915, includ- 

 ing stocks and goods purchased, but not yet received, will 

 amount to about 700,000 less than the actual consumption 

 of 1914. 



DISTANCES TO THE VARIOUS FISHING CENTERS OF 

 ALASKA. 



By the Inside Passage. 



Nautical 



Miles 

 72 



Seattle to — 



Victoria, B. C 



Vancouver, B. C 128 



Seymour Narrows, B. C 212 



Prince Rupert, B. C 583 



Boundary line between British Columbia and Alas- 

 ka 623 



Ketchikan, Alaska 661 



Wrangell 750 



Wrangell Narrows 766 



Petersburg - - 776 



Juneau 900 



Sitka ..... S76 



Haines 986 



Skagway - ....1,000 



Yakutat 1,303 



Katalla 1,423 



Orca 1,476 



Cordova 1.479 



Valdez , 1,559 



Seward 1,705 



Pt. Graham 1,842 



Seldovia .1,858 



On the Ocean. 



San Francisco to Unalaska 2,086 



San Francisco to Nome 2,731 



San Francisco to St. Michael 2,846 



Seattle to Cape Flattery, Wash 126 



Seattle to Unimak Pass 1,674 



Seattle to Nome 2,309 



Seattle to St. Michael 2,361 



Local Distances in the Ketchikan District. 

 Ketchikan to — Miles 



Boca de Quadra 40 



Howkau 80 



Hunters Bay 75 



Kasaan 32 



Karta Bay 40 



Klawaek 140 



Loring 22 



Metlakahtla 16 



Tyee, Admiralty Island 190 



Shakan 121 



Skowl Arm 32 



Sunny Point 30 



Sulzer 100 



Sulzer, by portage 45 



Yes Bay cannery........ 40 



Yes Bay, U. S. Fisheries Station 45 



NET WEIGHTS OF CANNED FISH. 

 The following are the minimum 

 weights of contents, including brine 

 and oil, suggested as proper to be 

 printed upon labels to comply with 

 various state laws: 



Canned Salmon — No. Lbs. Ozs. 



Flat cans % 7% 



Plat cans 1 15 



Oval cans V4 7 % 



Oval cans 1 15 



Tall Cans 1 15 



Nominals 2 



Clam chowder 3 2 1 



Shrimp — 



Drv 1 4 



Dry 1 y 2 8 Vz 



Wet 1 4 



Wet 1 % 8 Vz 



Tuna — 



Flat cans % 7 



Flat Cans 1 13 



As a matter of fact, while the labels 

 bear the above weights the contents of 

 the can, especially salmon, are actu- 

 ally from one-half to one and one-half 

 ounces heavier. 



SHIPMENTS OF CANNED SALMON TO ATLANTIC FORTS BY WATER., 



New York 

 Month — Cases 



Julv 19,392 



August 31,129 



September 20,071 



October 70.135 



November 191,654 



December 32.401 



JULY-DECEMBER. 1914/ 

 Fugfet Sound. 



Charleston Philadelphia 



Total 364,782 



August 32,557 



September 30,707 



October 11.833 



November 12.66S 



December 3,989 



Total 91,754 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October . . 

 November 

 December 



Total 



Grand total. 



Cases 



44.569 

 44,625 



25.307 



Cases 



63.184 



36 <;:,,', 



7,ni:i 



I Instoll 



Cases 



Portland, Me. 

 Cases 



54.361 

 7.905 

 6,460 



17,667 13,543 



San Francisco. 



21,364 



1.S30 



Total 

 Cases 

 19,3.92 

 31,129 



20,071 

 u::n.^ 1:1 

 280,840 



73,011 



* Data includes onlv shipments made since the Panama Canal has been 

 traffic. 



144. 32S 



31.041 



14,326 



167, 31S 



312,822 



183,256 



2,574 



711,337 



1.512.357 



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