FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
197 
Fishermen, lay , etc . — 154 fishermen were employed on this river 
during the fishing seasoiT of 1888. A considerable number of those who 
are foreign-born have become naturalized citizens, as will be seen in 
the tabulated statement. No account of the earnings of individ uals was 
secured, but the aggregate value of salmon taken was $21,236; this 
would give each man the sum of $138 for the season’s work from August 
until November. The canning factories paid 60 cents for quinnat sal- 
mon and 40 cents for silver salmon. 
Apparatus and boats . — Drift nets and seines are used to capture sal- 
mon. One pound net is located on the river, but was not in operation 
in 1888. The drift nets are 1Q0 fathoms long and from 22 to 24 meshes 
deep (about 2 fathoms), and have a mesh varying from 7£ to 9£ inches. 
The boats are mostly of the Columbia Eiver type, but a few bateaux 
are also employed. 
Salmon canning . — There are two salmon-canning establishments on 
the river, one at Garibaldi and the other at Hobsonville, a few miles 
above. Both are branches of similar establishments at Astoria, Oregon. 
These canneries employed 12 Americans and 75 Chinamen in 1888. 
The output was 21,000 cases of canned goods in 1887, and 14,633 cases 
in 1888. 
Statistics of the fisheries of this river are here presented: 
Persons employed. 
Country. 
Fishermen. 
Factorymen. 
N ativity. 
Nationality. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
United States 
56 
87 
12 
12 
United States (Indians) 
Austria 
10 
ao 
35 
48 
Russia 
26 
15 
Sweden 
It) 
4 
Italy 
2 
2 
British provinces 
2 
1 
China 
75 
75 
Total 
154 
154 
87 
87 
Apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
No. 
Value. ! 
1 
Boats 
76 
2 
109 
$11, 200 
460 
9, 925 
22, 600 
49, 000 
Seines 
Gill nets 
Shore property 
Cash capital 
Total 
93, 185 
' 
Products and values. 
Species. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Salmon 
1, 074, 310 
$21, 236 
