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of 5, and valued at $7,500; the launch Delphine, of 5 tons, with a crew of 2, and val- 
ued at $4,500; the launch Gorinne, of 5 tons, with a crew of 2, and valued at $3,750; 
the ship Centennial^ of 1,139 tons, with a crew of 14, and valued at $14,250; the hark 
Harvester, of 710 tons, with a crew of 10, and valued at $7,750; the three-mast 
schooner Premier, of 292 tons, with a crew of 8, and valued at $9,000; also 7 beach 
seine boats 35 feet long; 2 river seine boats 25 feet long; 1 river seine boat 20 feet 
long — all valued at $4 per running foot. A large number of dories and skiffs were 
also used. 
In 1890 the Karluk Packing Company and the Hume-Aleutian Packing Company 
were operated together and under one management, and the equipment will therefore 
be given under one head. The two companies employed in the fisheries and in the 
canneries 200 whites, 100 natives, and 200 Chinese. There were used 8 seines 450 
fathoms long, 3-inch mesh, 145 meshes deep; 2 seines 425 fathoms long, 180 meshes 
deep; 1 seine 200 fathoms long. 100 meshes deep, all 3-inch mesh, valued at $1.50 per 
fathom. The vessels and boats employed were the steamer Hattie Gage, of 42 tons, 
with a crew of 8, and valued at $17,000; 2 launches of about 5 tons each, with crews 
of 2, and valued at $2,000 each; 13 lighters, valued at $400 each; 70 dories, valued 
at $25 each; 15 seine boats, valued at $125 each. The transports wore the ship tit. 
Nicholas, of 1,688 tons, chartered, with a crew of 19; the ship iSanta Clara, of 1,473 
tons, with a crew of 18, and valued at $30,000. 
The Karluk cannery in 1896 packed 68,495 cases of redflsh, averaging 12 per case, 
and the Hume-Aleutian 70,320 cases of redflsh, of same average size. Both canneries 
packed from June 5 to September 18. Ko other fish were packed at these canneries. 
In 1897 there were packed in the Karluk district 1,865,731 redflsh, making 156,286 
cases; also 1,500 cohoes, making 89 cases, or a total of 156,375 cases. Of this number, 
2,113 cases were packed at Hganuk. The Alaska Improvement Company packed 
49,852 cases of redflsh from June 12 to September 21. The Karluk Packing Company 
liacked 54,777 cases of redflsh from June 3 to October 9. The Hume-Aleutian packed 
49,633 cases of redflsh from June 16 tq September 20. The average number of fish per 
case was 11.94. 
In 1897 the Karluk Packing Company, the Hume-Aleutian Packing Company, 
and the Alaska Improvement Comiiany, operating together, employed 16 hatchery- 
men, 126 white fishermen, 49 whites around the canneries, 390 Chinese, and 25 natives, 
the latter as fishermen and around the canneries. Of this number, there were taken 
for the Uganuk cannery 20 white fishermen, 12 white cannery-hands, and 96 Chinese. 
As the fisheries at Uganuk were a failure in 1897, these hands were all transferred 
back to Karluk early in July, so that the number first stated may proiierly be credited 
to the three canneries operated in 1897 at Karluk. 
For the Karluk fisheries there were used 3 drag seines each 500 fathoms long, 
125 meshes deep; 8 drag seines each 450 fathoms long, 145 meshes deep; 3 drag seines 
each 425 fathoms long, 180 meshes deep; 3 drag seines each 200 fathoms long, 100 
meshes deep — all 3-inch mesh, and valued at $1.75 per fathom. 
The steamer Kadialc, of 58 tons, with a crew of 8, and valued at $20,250, was 
regularly employed, and tlie steamer Hattie Cage was under charter part of the time 
and used as a reserve part of the time. Four launches were also used, the Aurora, 
Ida, Helphine, and Julia M., valued, respectively, at $3,700, $2,700, $2,500, and $2,000, 
all of about 5 tons and carrying 2 men each. The transports were the ship Santa 
Clara, of 1,473 tons, with a crew of 18, and valued at $30,000; the chartered ship St. 
Nicholas, of 1,688 tons, with a crew of 19; the bark Nicholas Thayer, of 556 tons, with 
