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necessary to burn from 20 to 25 per cent more of it to obtain the same 
results as witha fair quality of Wellington coal. Capt. Tanner states, 
however, that considering that it was taken from a vein near the sur- 
face, the extra amount required to furnish the same quantity of steam 
will not seem excessive. It was shown that the coal possesses merit, 
and it will doubtless improve with the development of the deeper veins. 
South of the Alaska Peninsula.—While on the way south from Bering 
Sea in September, 1890, a line of dredgings and soundings was carried 
along the line of islands lying off the Pacific coast of this peninsula. 
From off the Trinity Islands the soundings were continued in deep 
rater as far south as the Queen Charlotte Islands. The deep ocean 
trough described in former reports as lying south of the Aleutian 
Islands and the peninsula, and trending in the same general direction, 
was traced as far west as latitude 56° 02’ N., longitude 151° 12’ W., 
which is to the southeastward of Kadiak Island. 
Southeastern Alaska.—Practically nothing has yet been done toward 
investigating the fishery resources of southeastern Alaska, all of the 
time suitable and available for work in northern latitudes since the 
Albatross arrived in the North Pacific having been spent off the south- 
ern coast of the Alaska Peninsula and in Bering Sea. During July, 
1889, however, a trip was made through the inland passages of the 
southeastern part of the Territory as far as Juneau, with several mem- 
bers of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, who were desirous of 
inspecting the principal Indian settlements. The steamer left Tacema 
on July 8, and returned on the 28th of the same month. Stops were 
made at Fort Tongass, Port Chester, Karta Bay, Port Wrangall, Sitka, 
Pavloff Harbor, Hoonyah Bay, Portage Bay, Chilkat, and Juneau. 
Several important fishing stations and canneries were visited, and 
some investigations were made by means of the beam trawl, and other 
kinds of fishing apparatus. Good photographic views were also ob- 
tained of Patterson, Muir, and Davidson glaciers. 
WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA. 
Puget Sound to Cape Mendocino, California.—The investigations begun 
in this region in 1888 were continued as far south as Cape Mendocino 
during the latter part of the summer and the fall of 1889, and again for 
a short time in the fall of 1890. This completed the preliminary exam- 
ination regarding the general features of the continental platform within 
these limits, and the location and principal resources of the fishing- 
grounds. Very few soundings had been made on this coast previous 
to the surveys of the steamer Albatross, in 1888, and none outside of the 
50-fathom eurve. The hydrographic work thus far accomplished by the 
Albatross affords the necessary information to define the contour of the 
bottom into depths of at least 200 fathoms, and as the fisheries for a 
considerable time to come will not be earried beyond the 100-fathom 
curve, the characteristics of the bottom observed within those limits 
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