Fisheries of the pacific coast. 223 
Number of cases of salmon packed on the Columbia from 1866 to 1887, together with value , 
price per case , price per fish , etc. 
Year. 
No. of cases. 
Value. 
Price paid 
to fisher- 
men per 
fish. 
Selling 
price per 
case. 
No. of 
boats. 
Cash paid 
to fisher- 
men during 
seasons. 
Cents. 
1866 
4, 000 
$64,000 
15 
$16. 00 
2 
$1,800 
1867 
18, 000 
288,' 000 
20 
13. 00 
15 
10, 800 
1868 
28, 000 
392, 000 
20 
12. 00 
25 
16, 800 
1869 
100, 000 
1, 350, 000 
20 
10. 00 
35 
60, 000 
1870.... 
150, 000 
1, 800, 000 
20 
9. 00 
50 
90, 000 
1871 
200, 000 
2, 100, 000 
20 
9. 50 
75 
120, 000 
187:! 
250, 000 
2, 325, 000 
224 
8.00 
100 
165, 000 
1873. 
250, 000 
2, 250, 000 
25 
7. 00 
• 125 
187, 500 
1874 
350, 000 
2, 625, 000 
25 
6. 50 
250 
262, 500 
1875 
375, 000 
2, 250, 000 
25 
5. 60 
300 
281, 250 
1876 
450, 000 
2, 475, 000 
25 
4. 50 
400 
337, 500 
1877 
460, 000 
2, 490, 000 
25 
5.20 
450 
345, 000 
1878 
460, 000 
2, 300, 000 
25 
5. 00 
550 
345, 000 
1879 
480, 000 
2, 640, 000 
50 
4.60 
750 
720, 000 
1880 
530, 000 
2, 650, 000 
50 
4. 80 
900 
795, 000 
1881 
550, 000 
2, 475, 000 
60 
5. 00 
1,200 
990, 000 
1882 
541, 300 
2, 600, 000 
75 
5. 00 
1, 500 
1, 217, 925 
1883 
629, 400 
3, 147, 000 
75 
5. 00 
1, 700 
1,416,150 
1884 
620, 000 
2, 915, 000 
50 
930, 000 
1885 
553, 800 
2, 500, 000 
75 
• 
1, 301, 050 
1886 
448, 500 
2, 135, 000 
75 
1,009, 050 
1887 
356, 000 
2, 124, 000 
90 
961,200 
Total 
7, 804, 000 
45, 895, 000 
11, 563, 525 
In addition to the salmon packed in canneries (which in 18S8 amounted 
to 24,190,724 pounds of round fish, with a value to the fishermen of 
$1,259,932) 933,331 pounds, worth $44,452, were shipped or sold to 
markets in a fresh condition, and 1,779 barrels (equal to 355,800 
pounds of dressed fish) were salted in brine, these having a value of 
$14,790. The total product was 25,479,855 pounds, with an aggregate 
value to producers (or fishermen) of $1,319,174. In addition to the 
above it is estimated that at least 300,000 pounds of fish (chiefly salmon) 
are used locally by fishermen and their families, or by others who live 
on the river between the mouth and The Dalles, and of which no definite 
account can be obtained. These would have a value of $12,000, and 
would bring the aggregate up to $1,331,174. 
Further details are given in the following tabulation, which shows 
the extent to which each State is interested in the Columbia Biver fish- 
ing and canning industries, 
