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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
was closed, and in 1893 it entered tlie Alaska Packers’ Association, and lias been 
operated by that organization to the present time. 
In 1897 tbe Arctic Fisliiug Company employed 35 white lishermen, and in the 
cannery 8 whites, 20 natives, and 100 Chinese. The lishermen used for redflsh 15 gill 
nets, each 50 fathoms long, G^-inch 
mesh, 30 meshes deep, valued at $1 
per fathom; also for king salmon, 15 
gill nets, each 50 fathoms long, 9J-iuch 
mesh, 22 meshes deep, valued at $1 per 
fathom ; 8 pile and web traps, 30 feet 
by 50 feet square pots, and leaders 300 
to 700 feet long, valued at from $300 
to $1,500 each. Three steamers were 
employed — the Jennie, of 70 net tons, 
with a crew of 6, and valued at $26,000 ; 
the Olga, of 8 tons, with a crew of 2, 
and valued at $6,000; the Arthur, of 
5 tons, with a crew of 2, and valued at 
$2,100. The chartered bark Vrnssia, 
of 1,131 net tons, and with a crew of 
fishermen, was used as a transport. 
Three sloop lighters worth $400 each, 
] pile-driver worth $750, 1 coal scow 
valued at $500, 15 gill- net boats at $50 
each, and 6 trap scows at $50 each, 
were also employed. 
In 1896 the equipment was luac- 
tically the same as for 1897, and the 
same hands were emiiloyed. 
The Chinese contract of the Arc- 
tic Pishing Company was 424 cents a 
case. The fishermen received board, 
$30 a month, and f cent a case. A 
number of these men remain in the 
country during the winter, and hunt 
and trap; some are squaw men. The cannery ship remains at anchor in Tuxedui 
Harbor, under Chisick Island, on the western shore of the inlet, as the anchorage off 
the cannery is unsafe. 
The following gives the pack of the Arctic Fishing Company at Kussilof Kiver 
for 1896 and 1897 : 
Species. 
1896. 
1897. 
Number 
of fish. 
Cases 
packed. 
Fiah 
per 
case. 
Dates. 
Number 
of fish. 
Cases 
packed. 
Fish 
per 
case. 
Djitos. 
Eedlish 
Cohoes 
Kiug salmon. . . 
Humpback 
309, 863 
27, 600 
18, 076 
37, 800 
23, 367 
2, 300 
7, 000 
2, 100 
13.2 
12 
2.6 
18 
May 25 to Aug. 14 
July 20 to Aug. 10 
May 25 to June 25 
July 15 to Aug. 10 
354, 800 
28, 000 
14, 083 
24, 701 
2, 313 
5, 518 
14.1 
12.1 
2.5 
May 25 to Aug. 12. 
July 20 to Aug. 12. 
May 26 to July 27. 
