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1,236,156 cases were put up, worth $5,986,000, and containing 
12,500,000 salmon, weighing 60,000,000 pounds; again, in 1905, the 
pack amounted to 1,168,000 cases, valued at $5,583,000. During the 
period covered by the above table, the number of canneries in 
operation increased from 6, in 1876, to 62 in 1906. 
The salmon canning industry had its inception on the 
Sacramento River, California, in 1864, with a total pack of 2,000 
cases. In 1866, a pack of 4,000 cases was put up on the Columbia 
River, Oregon, and in 1876, as already stated, the business was 
established on the Fraser River, British Columbia, with a pack of 
9,800 cases. Two years later, in 1878, 8,159 cases were packed in 
Alaska. Finally, in 1891, canneries were built on Puget Sound, 
Washington, the first year’s pack being 11,500 cases. 
The following table shows at a glance the enormous growth of 
the industry on the Pacific Coast :— 
PACIFIC COAST SALMON PACK. 
From THe INCEPTION OF THE INDUSTRY IN 1864. 
2 | Outside British Puget 
Year | River, | River. Rivers Columbia. | Alaska. Sound. Total. 
feito ag | 2.000 
Be ii aware ey aa 2,000 
4,000 [occ ee cee eae 
1s 18,000 eee ere ees 
1868 BROOO: |esceceee aan 
1869 | 1001000 Joelle. 
ISTO | WOOO Lo... ee. 
IST1 | 200,000 Joo... ee 
1872 LO MYO: [ne dg day 
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1874 290,000 2.500 
ISTH | BTS.00 3,000 
IST6 | 450,000 8,500 
iT | 460,000 21,400 
ISTS | 460,000 36,500 
1sS7o 480,000 31,000 
ISSO) 630,000. , 51,000 
1SS1 | 551.000 181,200 
2] 541,300 200,300 
S833! 160,000 
4+ 4 
4 | 
; 
7 | | 195,400 
8 | 58,000 154,000 
1SSD ° 66 GEG 199,068 714,9 
TSO : G7T,117 409,464 1,633,419 
1891 | GG,805 314,813 1,576,737 
1892 144,200 POT Cot 1,325,979 
ISON | 119.660 590,229 1,870,470 
1sSO4 | 118,500 ae pe | 1,898,867 
TSO 264.300 7 2,090,016 
1896 115,400 O58. T00 248,200 | 2,397,608 
VSO7 pe0,8h 0 423,500 | 3,072,731 
1808 geteee 417,700 | 2.409,009 
1sn9 1 098. 83 871,500 | 3,138,040 
1900 478,742 | 2,994,485 
1901 1,380,590 | 5,040,961 
1902 563.307 | 4,259,186 
1905, 406,851 | 3,530,708 
1904 164, ‘Ont 65,89 276,920 | 3,302,700 
1905 — 141,850 1,167,460 1,061,883 Sb pere 
1906 149,053 629,460 440,710 | 3,817,316 
1907 2 127,591 DAT ABO 721,666 | 3,869,461 
1908 2531341 103.302 542,680 ot °6195019 814,151 | 3, 832,592 
