242 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
for canning purposes. Other species are not sought. There is some 
desultory fishiug by Indians. 
Salmon canning . — There are four canning establishments located on 
the river: Two at Aberdeen, one a few miles above that town, and the 
fourth at Moutesauo. In 1888 the four factories gave employment to 17G 
factory hands and utilized 2,775,000 pounds of fresh salmon, valued at 
$83,250, the canned product aggregating 37,000 cases. 
The following tables exhibit the extent of the fisheries of this region 
in 1888: 
Persons employed. 
Country. 
Fishermen. 
Factory men. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
United States 
105 
152 
21 
21 
United States (Indians). 
15 
15 
Norway 
12 
9 
Russia 
62 
39 
Sweden 
42 
21 
China 
155 
155 
Total 
236 
236 
176 
176 
App>aratus and capital. 
Designation. 
No. 
Value. 
Boats 
85 
$10, 125 
25, 900 
23, 375 
44, 000 | 
70, 000 
Ponnd nets ____ __ . _ 
37 
(till nets 
1 1¥0 
Shore property 
Cash capital 
Total 
173, 400 
Products and values. 
Species. 
Quantity. 
Value. 
Salmon pounds.. 
Salmon, packed cases. . 
Total 
2, 775, 000 
37, 000 
$83, 250 
212, 750 
296, 000 
48. FISHERIES OF THE QUINIAULT RIVER. 
Thjs small stream is in Chehalis County, and empties into the Pa- 
cific 3 miles northwest from Point Grenville and 1 mile east of Cape 
Elizabeth. It abounds in salmon of several varieties which begin to 
run in January and continue until the latter part of November. The 
first run is said to be that of the quinnat salmon, but it is more than 
probable that the species is the blueback ( O. ner~ka). The salmon which 
appear in the fall are known as the u black salmon,” which, on account 
of their size, are thought to be the quinnat. 
The river is included within the precincts of the Qumiault Indian 
