536 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Table of products. 
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Species. | Lbs. Value. || Species. Lbs. | Value. 
es Sao ee = : z | eee 
Cotesia ee eee eee | 54, 360 $1087 | CPerehie 22 552.6. 5 eseee os 6, 360 $95 
WIQUNGEFS 2.2 22..5.2--2-2- 3, 522 5S) | onaelise <2 os 2 eee ee 32, 000 320 
TaibUbs = ee. sce ecco 17, 000 1,360 || Smelt .....2222222..scs2050 28, 000 340 
Fleming = i225 2. 2s-ceene: 19, 120 | 347 | Cysters (985 bushels)..... 59, 100 1, 625 
Salmon: | , Clams (15,066 bushels) ..-! 979, 290 9, 434 
BlwebaGksecs2-scceaccse | 579, 183 | 21. 2937 Wi GRADS 2. sn. cana ee ae 110, 604 2,615 
Chinook, fresh.......... 13, 744, 810 659,213) || Crawihsh s..2:.<6.ce8. oe 116, 400 7, 760 
Chinook, salted......... 2,400 | 7) || Sea-lion pelts...-........- 18, 000 720 
1D fo): ee eee 789, 615 | 3, 948 || Sea-lion oil..............- 750 35 
Sullivans << <2 se: ceeoone = 5, 154, 375 97,281 || Sea-lion trimmings ......|..........-. 135 
Steelhead .............. | 1,103, 522 48,014 otal. -.....ecdcb 29 818,411 | 855, 750 
COLUMBIA RIVER FISHERIES. 
The fisheries of the Columbia River are here exhibited in tables 
which show the total number of cases of salmon canned from 1866 to 
1899 and the quantity of salmon frozen at the cold-storage plants dur- 
ing 1899. The Columbia being bordered by Washington and Oregon, 
the fishery tables are here given for the river, the amount credited 
to each State being included in the tables showing the products by 
counties and States. 
The commercial fisheries of the Columbia may be dated from 1866, 
in which year the first salmon cannery on the river opened the business 
with a pack of 4,000 cases. In the thirty-four years since that date, 
or from 1866 to and including 1899, the total amount of salmon canned 
on this stream amounted to 13,111,110 cases of 48 pounds each, or 
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629,333,280 pounds of canned salmon, of $73,346,465 value. The table 
showing the pack of each year is interesting for reference. The small 
amount packed the first two years sold at an average of 516 a case, the 
highest prices ever received. During the next three years the price 
fell to $12 per case, and between 1871 and 1875 a constantly increased 
catch ranged from $10.50 down to 86. The next five years prices 
ranged from $5.50 to $5. The lowest prices ever known were $4.50 
in 1881, the prices remaining between $4.50 and $5 from 1881 to 1886. 
During the past thirteen years prices have ranged between $5, the 
lowest, and $6.25 in 1888, the highest. The values given are for the 
chinook salmon, which is of world-wide reputation and was for many 
years the only species packed. Of late years the fall run of silver 
salmon has received more attention. 
The largest pack in any year was in 1895, when 634,696 cases were 
packed; the smallest since 1889 was that of 328,174 cases in 1899, a 
decrease of nearly 50 per cent from the extra large pack of 1895. A 
comparison between these two years is as follows: 
Items. 1895. 1899. 
Lbs. Lbs. 
Salmon nsedsat.canneries .. 202... 225. eck na eacneeeeteeemcesee eee ee 41, 706,001 | 21,503,326 
Saimon sold aimeshiand frozen'.22.2.2 02 252.42 sentence es eee es eeee ee 4, 699, 657 2, 448, 608 
SALMON PICLe 3 ie vs eye patsratsi core elenaierene 2c S cree ented ers Bae eee Se ee eee eee See ee ree 1,546, 756 
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Po bale Woe nee ees Sc wisps 4c tS Ata hero Si ARS ess ee | 46,405,658 | 25, 498, 690 
