ALASKA. 



Superintendent of Schools. Post-Office, Sitka 

 Mrs. A. M. Archangelsky, Postmaster. United 

 States Land Office, Sitka W. L. Dustin, Sur- 

 veyor-General; John W. Dudley, Register; A. J. 

 Apperson, Receiver; Clinton Gurnee, George W. 

 Stowell, Clerks. Deputy Marshals W. H. Mc- 

 Nair (special), J. W. Snook, Sitka; W. A. Staley, 

 Juneau; William D. Grant, Wrangel; John Mc- 

 Elheny, Douglas island; Edward C. Hasey, Ka- 

 diak; Lewis L. Bowers, Unga; James C. Blaine, 

 Unalaska; Josias M. Tanner, Skagway. 



Population. The native population belongs 

 to two great stocks, the Eskimo and the Indian. 

 The former inhabit some of the Aleutian Islands 

 and the shores of Bering Sea and the Arctic 

 Ocean; the latter occupy the interior and south- 

 eastern portion of the Territory. The greater part 

 of the Russians emigrated at the time of the 

 transfer of Alaska to the United States. The 

 development of the gold-fields of the Yukon basin 

 and the Cape Nome district has brought a large 

 increase in the white population in recent years. 

 Where the natives have come into contact with 

 the whites there are many half-breeds. The total 

 population of the Territory according to the cen- 

 sus of 1880 was 33,420; in 1890 it was 32,052. 

 The' census of 1900 was taken under much more 

 favorable conditions than had been possible be- 

 fore, owing to the greatly increased facilities for 

 communication, and to the energy and special 

 knowledge of the agents in charge of the work. 

 The total population was 63,592, an increase of 

 31,540, or 98.4 per cent., over that of 1890. This 

 was distributed according to sex, race, and nativ- 

 ity as follows: 



* Includes 2,449 persons of mixed parentage. 



Classified according to school, militia, and vot- 

 ing ages, the distribution was as follows: 



Of the 78 settlements named in the census re- 

 port, 37 have less than 200 inhabitants; 31 have 

 more than 200, but less than 500; G have more 

 than 500, but less than 1,000; and 4 only have 

 more than 1.000 namely, Nome, with 12,486; 

 Skagway, with 3,117; Juneau, with 1,864; and 

 Sitka, with 1,396 inhabitants. Other important 

 centers of white population are : Wrangle, 868 ; St. 

 Michael, 857; Douglas, 825; Unalaska, 428; and 

 Kadiak, 341. 



Banking. The only national bank in Alaska 

 is the First National Bank of Juneau: Its condi- 

 tion, as reported to the Comptroller of the Cur- 

 rency at the close of business, July 15, 1901, was: 

 Resources: loans and discounts, $54,319.91; 

 United States bonds, $87,500; banking-house, fur- 

 niture, and fixtures, $2,480; due from other na- 

 tional banks, $4.075; due from State banks and 

 bankers, $19,034.72; specie, $37,207.60; other re- 



sources, $21,823.24; total resources, $226,440.70. 

 Liabilities: capital stock, $50,000; surplus and 

 undivided profits, $3,009.79; individual deposits, 

 $105,125.60; United States deposits, $30,720.97; 

 deposits of United States disbursing officers, $20,- 

 668.40; other liabilities, $4,850; total liabilities, 

 $226,440.76. At the corresponding date in 1900 

 the total liabilities were $169,840.85, distributed 

 as follow: Capital stock, $50,000; surplus and 

 profits, $1,904.88; individual deposits, $04,710.22; 

 deposits of United States disbursing officers, $40,- 

 231.14; other liabilities, $0,934.61. The resources: 

 loans and discounts, $53,457.21; United States 

 bonds, $62,500; due from banks, $17,505.00; spe- 

 cie, $20,245.30; other resources, $10,072. 



There are no official statistics for banks other 

 than national. The American Bank Reporter for 

 May, 1901, reports the following banks in opera- 

 tion in the Territory: Juneau: B. M. Behrends 

 (private), capital $50,000. Nome: Bank of Cape 

 Nome (incorporated), capital $200,000; Alaska 

 Banking and Safe-Deposit Company (incorpo- 

 rated), capital $75,000; First Bank of Nome (or- 

 ganizing). Skagway: Bank of Alaska (private), 

 deposits $20,000; Canadian Bank of Commerce 

 (agency). 



Commerce and Navigation. Alaska forms a 

 single customs district of the United States, with 

 Sitka as its port of entry. The following are 

 classed as subports of entry: Dyea, Eagle City, 

 Wrangel, Mary Island, Juneau, Kadiak, Una- 

 laska, Circle City, Cook Inlet (Homer), Orca, 

 St. Michael Island, Skagway, Unga, Karluk, 

 Kechikan. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1900, 26 sailing vessels, of 5,235 tons, and 390 

 steam-vessels, of 207,645 tons, were entered by the 

 district of Alaska, of which 5 sailing vessels, of 

 3,037 tons, and 237 steam-vessels, of 143,082 tons, 

 were American ; during the same period 26 sailing 

 vessels, of 3,511 tons, and 317 steam-vessels, of 

 151,893 tons, were cleared, of which 5 sailing ves- 

 sels, of 2,012 tons, and 170 steam-vessels, of 94,388 

 tons, were American. 



The total exports for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1900, were valued at $566,347, and the imports 

 at $385,317. The exports for the nine months 

 ending September, 1901, were valued at $1,881,627; 

 the imports at $390,225. These figures are for the 

 foreign commerce alone, and do not include the 

 values of merchandise shipped to and from ports 

 of the United States. 



Mineral Resources. Although coal, copper, 

 silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, arsenic, antimony, man- 

 ganese, corundum, petroleum, slate, clay, and 

 many varieties of building stone are reported 

 in paying quantities, gold is the only mineral that 

 has received the serious attention of the miners. 

 The gold is mined chiefly by placers; but several 

 quartz-mills are building, and some in successful 

 operation, notably the great three-hundred-stamp 

 gold-mill, the largest in the world, at the Tread- 

 well mines, near Juneau. The great centers of 

 the placer gold-mining industry are the Yukon 

 valley and Cape Nome. Some coal has been taken 

 out at Tyonek, on Cook Inlet, for use on a small 

 local steamer, and at the agency of the Alaska 

 Commercial Company, and an English company 

 is making an attempt toward the development of 

 the surface indications of petroleum near Cape 

 ^akutat, Cape Martin, and Kachewak Bay. 



The output of precious metals from Alaska in 

 1899 was estimated by the Director of the Mint 

 to be: Gold, 264,104 fine ounces, value $5,459,500; 

 silver, 140,100 fine ounces, value $181,540; total 

 value, $5,640,640. The value of the gold output 

 in 1900, by the same estimate, was $8,171,000. 

 These figures are for Alaskan territory alone, and 



