ALASKA. 



<1!aU.-Tb. rltmal* 

 **tl iliiM^i^ In tit* 



M^ej *J I T; * i am^^ IW *V 



of AUAa 



*** * *** Territory the annual rain- 



aad to dtotrtbsjtad through otefy month of the 

 year. The tammer* arr ! ami humid, thr 

 mild, with an Uiureassil rainfall and 

 ai * live*. In the mountain* the 

 Ito siesealri. OB the shores of Bering 



with 



Md Bet ftlll by ft*** variation*. In I In- in- 

 tafior.fefwdallv on tr ho rammers are 



short, dry. an.( hm : thr winters long and ex- 

 cold. hot the* snowfall to not heavy. 

 He southeastern and wot hern 

 the Aleutian Islands, although 



,- .. bi bag bo two 

 and the Indian. The 

 of the Aleutian Islands and 

 S*e and thr 



. -... ::. ,-,r- 



A few Russians still n- 

 many emigrate* I at the time of 

 the purchase of the % l 

 tiros have eome in contact with foreigners i IMP 

 an- many half bcwds, Since the beginning of 

 American rule the white population has in- 



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* mtimated that since 1800 the white 

 pprftH-t has been incrcmsed about 1,000 by 

 buDlffaats, most <f whom are miners that have 

 mn and other mining camps or 

 fields on the Yukon. The prin- 

 of the white population ar 

 Sttka. 160; Wrangle, 71 ; Kadiak. 

 rnala*ka.6& 



Ho? msjeat Alaska was w 1 gor- 



from the time of its purcha* 

 ssi it was made a *ehril and j 

 dbtrkt M and the general laws of Oregon w-r- 

 sHaiiiiUoit Although fn^ 



d toabof* H toexpnavly slated t ht 1 1,, r. 

 b* no ItfWatiTe aMfnb'ly in said district, 

 or thai! any delegates be sent to Congress"; 

 b m the same act it to referred to as the " Ter- 

 ritory of Ales* 

 TW oeVers for Alaska, appointed by the Presi- 



li<iu.>rt< In.liftTus and several offenders in this 

 direction hare been prosed 



Kd lira t ion. Schools for >><>th white and na- 



Utechil-lr.-n have been established >>> th.- i; K . 

 sianQoTernnient. ())* I'mt. .1 States GoYerninrnt. 

 :in-i various okvxobai. In 1H94 there v. 

 dar schools and 1 in. In-trial home at (M.-thi- 

 kaiit la) supported by the General Goyen 

 and 80 schools deriving their Hi]>|...rt \\h..llv<.r 

 in part from other sources. < 'f tin- lattrr class. 

 5 arc sustained by the Russian (i<>\<rnn 

 bT th- i K! of Russia ; 1 l.y tl,,- i;,,ard of 



'M .; I ; (] Church; -J i-v th.- 



Presbyterian Board of Il-m. \ .-sisted 



byapj>! fn.ni th. mrnt : 



I by the Sisters of St. Ann; 1 by the Catlmli,- 

 Church; 'J i>\ th.- N..rth American <'onn- 

 Company on' tl.. . ul an. I Si. 



ly the Am.-ri' V s\\,-disli 



Mission Friends: 1 i 



I'nioii; and 2 l>y theKusalaO Chun-h. Ii. 

 schools 57 teachers were empln\l. and the at- 

 t. -n. lance was about 1,800. 



ri-h.-rirs. < |fl !,. hiililmt. herring, 

 rulachi'ii >r catidlefish (a very oily spe< 

 smelt) arc plentiful in the ocean waters of th- 

 sonth const, while several species of salm> 

 trout alM)tui(l in the river at certain seasons. In 

 1890 the <at< h of codfish aggregated 506,000 

 fish, producing 760 tons of dried fish, valued at 

 $38,000. The principal station for thi- indu-tr\ 

 i> oil the Simna^in Islands. 



atchin^ and canning of salmon has be- 

 come a wett-OManind and prnfitaMe indu>tr\. 

 Beginning in 1878 with a <-atch of ] ; 

 (of about 100 pounds each), it has increased rap- 

 idly. In 1H<)1 800,000 cases were shi pi ...; 

 ing an estimated value of over $3,000,000. In 

 addition 26,000 barrels of salted salmon 



i. having an estimated value of $200,000. 

 In lol () < ofi almon eanner:- 



ri Ka.liak island and ea-t ward, and mop- 

 than 4,000 men. exclusive ..f native fishermen. 

 were employed. Another branch of tin- fishing 

 industry i- the manufacture of oil anl fertilizer 

 The Alaskan Oil an.l 

 moo, in 1804, proi 

 ring oil and l.OOOi 



barrels of salted herring. They also make their 

 own barrels from Alaskan timber, and pay an- 

 nually atxmt $20,000 in wages. 



I n rs. Alaska is still one of the leading fur 

 producing regions ,f the world. The character 

 of the fur-, their numh. r. , t,-., from 1881 to 1890, 

 is given thu- : 



manuiaeture <>i oil ami rertllizer 

 1 ami Guano Company, at K 

 >roduced 400,000 gallons of her- 

 00 tons of "guan 1.000 





as*. 



bo mire the customary fees. 

 eBUofforenunentbat'sitka, 



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21.814 



i. --.o. 

 anjM 

 IO&JM 



10(^70 

 04,700 



In addition the following fur-bearing animals 

 md in Alaska, and furnish large quanti- 

 ties of nelts. many of which are used in the Ter- 

 ritory, out do not form an important article of 

 export, viz^ bear (polar, black, and brown), lynx,- 



