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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  HATCHERY 
  REBATES. 
  

  

  A 
  credit 
  upon 
  the 
  Federal 
  fishery 
  tax 
  in 
  Alaska 
  is 
  allowed 
  operators 
  

   of 
  private 
  salmon 
  hatcheries 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  10 
  cases 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon, 
  

   or 
  the 
  tax 
  equivalent 
  of 
  40 
  cents 
  for 
  every 
  thousand 
  red 
  or 
  king 
  sal- 
  

   mon 
  fry 
  liberated. 
  Tliis 
  is 
  an 
  equitable 
  rate, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  

   that 
  year 
  in 
  and 
  year 
  out 
  it 
  costs 
  on 
  the 
  average 
  nearly 
  40 
  cents 
  to 
  

   produce 
  1,000 
  healthy 
  red 
  salmon 
  fry 
  at 
  the 
  private 
  hatcheries. 
  

   The 
  rebate 
  system, 
  however, 
  has 
  met 
  with 
  some 
  disfavor 
  at 
  the 
  hands 
  

   of 
  Alaska 
  people, 
  and 
  apparently 
  the 
  time 
  will 
  come 
  when 
  all 
  private 
  

   hatcheries 
  in 
  Alaska 
  will 
  be 
  taken 
  over 
  by 
  the 
  Government, 
  fair 
  com- 
  

   pensation 
  therefor 
  being 
  allowed 
  present 
  owners. 
  Tliis 
  plan 
  meets 
  

   with 
  the 
  approval 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  and 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  

   hatcheries, 
  and 
  legislation 
  by 
  Congress 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  may 
  soon 
  

   be 
  expected. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  now 
  provided 
  by 
  law 
  that 
  returns 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fry 
  re- 
  

   leased 
  must 
  be 
  made 
  under 
  oath 
  by 
  private 
  salmon 
  hatchery 
  operators 
  

   for 
  each 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  rebate 
  

   certificates 
  allowable 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1913: 
  

  

  Rebates 
  Credited 
  to 
  Private 
  Salmon 
  Hatcheries 
  during 
  Fiscal 
  Year 
  ended 
  

  

  June 
  30, 
  1913. 
  ' 
  

  

  1 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  hatcheries 
  where 
  the 
  seasonal 
  distribution 
  of 
  fry 
  is 
  not 
  completed 
  before 
  July 
  1, 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  fry 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  subsequent 
  fiscal 
  year's 
  report. 
  

  

  HATCHERY 
  INSPECTION. 
  

  

  Instead 
  of 
  the 
  customary 
  annual 
  inspection 
  of 
  the 
  private 
  hatch- 
  

   eries 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  this 
  year 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  

   visited 
  these 
  plants 
  two 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  three 
  times 
  during 
  the 
  

   season. 
  This 
  is 
  in 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  new 
  policy 
  of 
  keeping 
  in 
  closer 
  touch 
  

   with 
  the 
  work 
  as 
  conducted 
  at 
  these 
  stations, 
  although 
  the 
  general 
  

   annual 
  inspection 
  heretofore 
  made, 
  together 
  with 
  other 
  sources 
  of 
  

   information, 
  sufficed 
  to 
  cheek 
  up 
  very 
  closely 
  the 
  output 
  and 
  activi- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  each 
  hatchery. 
  

  

  Yes 
  Bay. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  1912-13 
  season 
  at 
  the 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  station, 
  66,125,000 
  red 
  

   salmon 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken. 
  This 
  was 
  a 
  falling 
  off 
  of 
  5,875,000 
  from 
  

   the 
  previous 
  season's 
  take. 
  It 
  is 
  estimated 
  that 
  the 
  take 
  would 
  have 
  

  

  