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HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



regulating the matter, but public opinion is so strong in relation to it, and there is such a preju- 

 dice against the Chinamen, that auy attempt on their part to engage in salmon fishing would meet 

 with a summary and probably fatal retaliation. 



" The number of fresh salmon shipped from Rio Vista to San Francisco in the year 1872 is as 

 follows : 



January 792 



February 1,581 



March 1,945 



April i 3,354 



May 4,408 



June 1,201 



July '. t 1,145 



August 1,496 



September 2,335 



October 583 



November * 441 



December . . 390 



Total 19,671 



" On one day in February, when I came down the river, there were put on board the steamer, 

 at Courtland, 7 fresh salmon ; at Rio Vista, 32 fresh salmon ; at Sherman Island, 32 fresh salmon ; 

 at Oollinsville, 123 fresh salmon. 



"The daily number of fresh fish (salmon and sturgeon) brought down the Sacramento River to 

 San Francisco in 1872 by the steamers of the Central Pacific Railroad Company is as follows : 



