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Also, that if it should be desirable to have the canners explain their views more in detail, the 

 Commissioners could meet them for that purpose and thereby be able to devise, if possible, 

 some united action by which the fishing interests of the State would be increased. 

 I am, yours truly, * 



HORACE D. DUNN. 



The following statement shows the numbers of salmon trans- 

 ported by rail and steamers from the fishing grounds of the Sacra- 

 mento and San Joaquin to the Cities of San Francisco, Sacramento, 

 and Stockton, from September 15, 1879, to August 1, 1880. It is to be 

 regretted that some of the transporting companies do not keep the 

 numbers and weight of sturgeon separate from those of the salmon. 

 It is, however, thought that the numbers and weight of sturgeon 

 were not in excess of previous years. It is also to be regretted that 

 in one instance the numbers of salmon had to be approximated, in 

 consequence of carelessness in making the necessary entries : 



SUMMARY. 



Shipments per steamer Enterprise 40,82^ 



Shipments per steamer Julia 24,661 



Shipments per steamer Chin-du-Wan 2,276 



Shipments jier steamer Modoc 1,729 



Shipments jjer California Transportation Company 70,354 



Shipments per Stockton line (estimated) 34,547 



Shipments per rail to Oakland 13,750 



Shipments per rail to San Francisco 160 



Total numbers 188,296 



"While gathering the statistics of the cases of Sacramento salmon 

 canned during the past year, Mr. Dunn procured the following 

 statistics of salmon canned in Oregon, etc., the present season, which 

 is also of interest : 



On the Columbia River, 512,000 cases 4 dozen 1-pound tins each. 



On the Fraser River, 40,000 cases 4 dozen 1-pound tins each. 



On the Skeena, and other rivers, 21,000 cases 4 dozen 1-pound tins each. 



Besides the foregoing, there Avere canneries in operation at Sinslaw 

 and Rogue Rivers, Oregon; Puget Sound, Washington Territory; 

 Prince of Wales Island, and Sitka, Alaska Territory, the catch of 

 which he has been unable to obtain. 



Under wise laws and small appropriations the salmon industry of 

 California has doubled in five years. With a more faithful observ- 

 ance of the present laws, it can be doubled again in another five 

 years. It would seem to be wise policy for the Legislature to dis- 

 regard the appeals of even good citizens, whose judgments are liable 

 to be wrested by their present personal profits. The Fish Commis- 

 sioners stand between the general good of the public and private 

 interests, and look to the Legislature, as representing the intelligence 

 of the whole community, to sustain them in their efforts to foster, 

 advance, and increase a great industry. 



SHAD — ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA, 



On the 18th of June, 1880, w^e received from the United States Fish 

 Commissioner, a donation of 240,000 young shad, which arrived 

 without loss, and were placed in the Sacramento River at Tehama. 

 This makes in all 640,000 of these fish that have been placed in 



