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Mj thanks are due to the superintendents of all the canneries we visited for the 
courteous manner in which we were everywhere received and for the assistance they 
offered. No obstacles were placed in our way, and, while they did not volunteer to 
tell us all they knew about the business, they cheerfully answered all the questions of 
which they had any knowledge. 
As this report will be an addition or appendix to my report on the same subject, 
published under the title The Salmon and Salmon Fisheries of Alaska, 1899, it is 
unnecessary to repeat here the subjects therein treated, and which remain unchanged. 
Reference is therefore made to that report for the introductory remarks, the district 
divisions, the manner of conducting our investigations and the difficulties encountered, 
the species of salmon and their various names, the relative importance of the species, 
the salmon runs, spawning habits and enemies; the history of the canneries and the 
canning industry; salteries, fishery and cannery methods; the fisheries, labor, weight 
of fish, labels and brands, market prices, cans and boxes, the depletion of streams, 
barricades, and salmon laws; relation of the salmon fisheries to the Indian; complete 
statistics, and descriptions of all the canneries and streams visited from Dixon 
Entrance to Bering Sea. 
The first day of the fiscal year found the Albatross at Unalaska, having arrived 
there June 29, via Japan and Kamchatka, from a cruise of scientific investigation in 
the South Pacific Ocean. 
On account of the rush to the gold fields at Cape Nome, we had to await our turn 
to coal, finishing on the evening of July 3, when we entered Bering Sea once more 
and laid the course for Bristol Bay. 
The following was our itinerary during the investigation: 
Bering Sea district: 
Left Unalaska July 3. 
Bristol Bay, July 5-19. 
Unalaska, July 21-24. 
Kadiak and Chignik district: 
Chignik Bay, July 28-29. , 
Alitak Bay, July 30-August 7. 
Karluk, August 7-9. 
Uyak, August 9-11. 
Afognak, August 11-16. 
Southeast Alaska district: 
Sitka, August 19-21. 
Killisnoo, August 21-22. 
Pyramid Harbor, August 22-23. 
Chilkoot Inlet, August 23-25. 
Taku Inlet, August 25-26. 
Taku Harbor, August 26-27. 
Port Snettisham, August 27. 
South Bay of Pillars, August 28-September 2. 
Shipley Bay, September 2-4. 
Southeast Alaska district— Continued. 
Duncan Canal, September 5-8. 
Point Hightield, September 8-10. 
McHenry Inlet, September 10-12. 
Zimovia Strait, September 12-13. 
Union Bay, September 13-14. 
Ward Cove, September 14-15. 
Loring, September 15-17. 
Yes Bay, September 17-21. 
Karta Bay, September 21-23. 
Loring, September 23-24. 
Ketchikan, September 24. 
Boca de Quadra, September 24-25. 
Metlakahtla, September 25-27. 
Comox, British Columbia, October 2-3. 
Tacoma, Washington, October 4-17. 
Quartermaster Harbor, Washington, October 17-21 
Comox, British Columbia, October 24-26. 
Sausalito, Cal., October 30. 
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