1902 - 3 .] Mr Wm. Murray on Salmon in American Rivers. 471 
Fraser River and District. 
Table showing the Output of Canned Salmon, Number of Fry Planted, and 
the Length of Drift-nets in use within the Fraser River and District, so 
far as affecting Canada, during a period of Years, (a) 
Year. 
Output of 
Canned 
Salmon ( b ). 
Average. 
Number of 
Sockeye Fry 
Planted. 
Average. 
Total length 
of Drift-nets. 
Average. 
Average Catch 
per Yard of 
Net. 
Number of 
Canneries. 
1876 
lbs. 
(c) 511,056 
lbs. 
yds. 
yds. 
lbs. 
3 
1877 
3,090,576 
44,040 
5 
1878 
5,044,880 
2,882,*170'2 
114,580 
79,310 
36 
8 
1879 
2,423,520 
65,600 
7 
1880 
2,023,440 
105,240 
7 
1881 
6,840,768 
124,400 
8 
1882 
9,561,972 
5,249^425 
205,600 
215,780 
125,210 
ii 
13 
1883 
5,265,648 
12 
1884 
1,844,976 
210,770 
6 
1885 
4,301,616 
? 
189,200 
6 
1886 
4,758,576 
4,042*704 
? 
(d) 1,0*0*0,000 
232,920 
212,167-2 
19 
11 
1887 
6,182,688 
2,405,000 
350,850 
12 
1888 
3,677,568 
3,870,000 
282,520 
12 
1889 
14,789,856 
4,046,500 
254,200 
16 
1890 
11,742,600 
9,098*178 
5,540,000 
3,96*5,375 
298,880 
296,612-2 
30 
17 
1891 
8,527,552 
3,603,000 
244,810 
22 
1892 
4,277,552 
22,763,380 
5.600.000 
5.764.000 
252,580 
22 
1893 
355,900 
26 
1894 
17,451,172 
13,549,414 
6,300,000 
5,3*1*6,750 
503,900 
339,297-2 
39 
28 
1895 
20,780,170 
6,390,000 
528,000 
31 
1896 
18,016,544 
6,393,000 
803,800 
35 
1897 
42,197,516 
(e) 12,682,780 
5.928.000 
5.850.000 
709,400 
792,900 
43 
1898 
23, 419, *252-2 
6,165,250 
708,525 
33 
(a) Most of the figures given in this table are to be found in the U.S.F.C. Report for 1899. 
The averages are not in the Report referred to. 
(&) Sockeye salmon form by far the greater part of this output ; in quite recent years 
some cohoes have been canned ; in 1899 Humpback and Dog salmon were first used. 
(c) From 25 per cent, to 50 per cent, ought to be added to the weights given in this 
column to reach the weight of the fish when captured. The loss in weight to the fish during 
the process of canning is seldom less than from 30 per cent, to 40 per cent. 
(d) During the years 1885-86 some 6,000,000 sockeye eggs seem to have been procured, but 
the number of fry planted in the Fraser each year does not seem to have much exceeded 
1 , 000 , 000 . 
(e) 9,600,000 lbs. also given, U.S.F.C.R. for 1899, p. 328. 
Fraser . — The yield in this river, as in the other three taken under 
this heading, has, especially in recent years, greatly increased. None 
the less, a study of the table will show how difficult, if not im- 
possible, it is to arrive at the true relation, supposing there is one, 
between an increasing yield and an increased output of fry. 
Writers on salmon culture are fond of claiming that results are first 
apparent “in the fifth year” after the planting of the fry. If this 
test be applied to the Fraser table it will be found that, beginning 
with the year 1887, the output of fry in that year and the increased 
