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Stream; the crew tlien become fishermen, and the officers do duty in connection with 
the cannery. In the fall the ship carries the pack and outfit back. The cannery uses 
2 lighters, one valued at $50, the other at $400; 14 Columbia Eiver boats, valued at 
$180 each, and 20 skiffs, dories, etc., valued at $25 each. 
Camiery near Wraugell. 
This cannery and that at Pyramid Harbor are the only ones in southeast Alaska 
that pack king salmon, and even at these places this fish forms a very small part of 
tlie pack. 
The following gives the statistics of the pack for 1896: 
Spociea, 
Dates. 
Number 
of tish. 
Num- 
ber of 
cases. 
Num- 
ber of 
fish ])er 
case. 
Itemarks. 
Kills 
189C. 
May 15 to May 31 
June 1 to June 22 
1 , 239 
1 
All taken in gill nets around mouth of Stik- 
ine Eiver. T he.se fish would appear to aver- 
age about 10 pounds, but the real average 
is said to be about 22 pounds. Of tbo total 
number, many are consumed at the factory 
2,719 
> 987 
3, 958 
Itedlish 
June 22 to June 30 
July 1 to August 31... 
7,914 
115, 623 
r 
ll2, 584 
9 88l 
and many others are not used because tboy 
are white-meated. 
About 30,000 taken around mouth of Stikine 
Eiver; the rest in drag seines. Average 
weight rather under 7 pounds. 
123, 537 
1 
Cohoes .... 
July (first on July 1).. 
August 
23, 064 
30,000 taken in gill nets around moutli of 
Stikine Eiver; the rest in drag seines. 
Average weiglit said tobeaboutll pounds, 
32, 403 
31, 653 
September to lOtb 
Ul. 010 
8.3 ■ 
87, 120 
1 
blit this is not consistent with figures 
given. 
1 In Ml jiKoidra 
July 1 31 
68, 770 
1 
f 
August 1-29 
29l’ 505 
ll9, 052 
18.4 \ 
All taken in drag seines. 
360, 275 
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