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BULLETIN OP THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The following shows the statistics of Naha Stream from 1887 to date. While the 
record is not very clear in some seasons, in the main it is correct: 
Tear. 
Species. 
Dates. 
No. 
1887.. 
Kedfisli - . . 
Not given 
74, 483 
1888.. 
Kedfish. . . 
June(lirstoul8th, 50) ... 
2, 153 
July 
42, 833 
August (no record, hut 
30, 218 
taken from totals). 
Total 

75, 204 
This cannery was first operated in 1888. The above 
tish made 8,366 cases, averaaring 9 to the case 
. Cases 
of cohoes not given. The stream also furnished 
99,200 humpbacks. 
1 making 6,200 cases, 16tothecase; 
and 67,500 more humpbacks were salted, making 900 
barrels, of 75 to the barrel. Judging from the rec- 
Olds, 
the pack in 
1888 was made entirely from the 
home stream and K,arta Bay fish. 
1889.. 
Kedfish . . . 
June (first on 22d, 850) . . 
3, 902 
Do.... 
July 
35, 202 
Do.... 
August, to 20th 
36, 730 
Total 
75, 834 
1890.. 
Kedfish . . . 
June (first on 20th, 1,550). 
10, 921 
Do.... 
July 
53, 231 
Do.... 
August, to 28th 
3,507 
Total 
67, 659 
Cohoes 
Aug. 28 to Sept. 12 
4, 827 
1891.. 
Kedfish . . . 
June (first on 14th, 49) ... 
8, 494 
Do 
July 
69, 551 
Do.... 
August, to 27th 
18, 351 
Total 
* 96, 396 
Cohoes 
Aug. 20 to Sept. 11 
* 3, 013 
Humpback 
Dne taken JuueSO. 
Species. 
Kedfisli . 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Kedflsh . 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Kedfisli . 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Kedfisli. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Kedfisli.... 
irunipbacks 
June (first on 10th, 18) 
July 
August, to 18th 
Total 
Aug. 25 to Sept. 9. 
June (first on 20th) . 
July 
August, to 19th . . . 
July (first on 19th). 
August 
June (first on 19th). 
July 
August, to 23d 
July 7 to Aug. 14. 
July 9 to Aug. 24. 
i No. 
5 
19, 58 
2, 77 
122, 41 
June (first on 23d, 350) . .. 
July 
August, to 8th 
Total... 
Approximate. 
* Paid i'or outside fish, 6 cents each for vedfish, 9 cents for cohoes, 
t Another record gives a total for this year of 46,326. 
; Another record given for 1893 is 52,800. 
The average number of redfish taken jier year, according to the above figures, is 
53,555. The best authorities consider the stream good at present, under fair condi- 
tions, for 50,000 redfish, 5,000 cohoes, and 400,000 humpbacks, and, if proiierly cared 
for, it should yield 75,000 redfish per year. The stream seems ideal for salmon, and if 
improved, even under natural, conditions, the run of fish could be increased very 
materially. No observations could be made on the spawning habits. It is improbable, 
however, that any humpbacks go over the falls, all spawning below; but the redfish 
go over the falls into the lake system, and this makes the conditions favorable for 
keeping the humpbacks from disturbing the nests of the redfish. It is probable, 
however, that many redfish fail to get over the falls, and others that succeed are 
bruised and injured. A hatchery might be very successful not only at the falls, where 
there is an abundance of water and fish, but at Loring, where water could be supi)lied 
from a stream back of the cannery. 
At Loring they ex^iect a few red salmon from June 20 to July 1, and by the latter 
date to have the cannery started. Kedfish are then packed until the end of August, 
the latter i^art of this time, however, only in a scattering way and in connection with 
the other species. A few cohoes are packed during the early part of August, and 
this is continued until the cannery closes, about September 20, though these fish are 
