CANNING AND PRESERVING. 



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i Exclusive of the canneries and salterles of Alaska, for the statistics of which see Report of the Bureau of Fisheries, Doc. No. 645. 



The Atlantic coast division ranked first in the in- 

 dustry, reporting nearly half of the capital and ap- 

 proximately two-thirds of the number of establish- 

 ments and of the value of products. The Pacific 

 coast division was second in the number of establish- 

 ments, capital, and value of products, and the Gulf of 

 Mexico division was second in the number of persons 

 employed. The schedule used in the canvass of the 

 packing and canning establishments called for the 

 quantity of fresh fish received at the plants, to be re- 

 ported in pounds. The data furnished as a result of 

 this inquiry were, however, so incomplete and unsat- 

 isfactory that no use could be made of them. 



Products, by kind. The next tabular statement 

 gives the quantity and value of the principal kinds of 

 products prepared, arranged in order of value, together 

 with the proportion which each contributed to the 

 value of all products. 



Salmon, sardines, cod, and oysters contributed 



slightly more than two-thirds of the value of the entire 

 output. 



The following table distributes the value of prod- 

 ucts by species and by geographic divisions: 



CANNING AND PRESERVING, FISH AND OYSTERS VALUE OF 

 PRODUCTS: 1908. 



' Includes a value of $17,000 reported for products from the Mississippi River division 

 Includes a value of $2,000 reported for products from the Mississippi River division. 



