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fathom. The vessels aud boats were the steamer Afo(inalc^ of 38 tons, with a crew of 
9, and valued at $15,750; the stern- wheel steamer Bahy Ruth, of 10 tons, with a crew 
of 3, and valued at $4,500; the ship Lleu-ellyn J. Morse, of 1,271 net tons, valued at 
$25,000, with a crew of fishermen; 8 lighters, valued at $350 each; 10 trail scows, at 
$200 each; 3 pile-drivers, at $G50 each; 12 seine and gill-net boats, at $125 each. 
The following shows the pack of the Ohignik Bay Company for 1896 and 1897 : 
Tear. 
Species. 
N umber 
of case.s 
packed . 
Averiige 
number 
of lish 
per case. 
Date of packing. 
1896 
1897 
liedflsli from Chignik B.ay 
Kedlisli from Karluk 
Cohoes 
Hnmphacks and dog salmon 
Redtisli 
37, 893 
2, 204 
*870 
36, 834 
942 
383 
10 
12 
11 
12.4 
11 
June 10 to Aug. 25. 
Do. 
Aug. 18 to Sept. 25. 
Aug. 5 to Sept. 1. 
June 8 to Aug. 27. 
Aug. 1 to Aug. 27. 
July 31 to Aug. 25. 
f^oTlODS 
Hnmx)hacks and dog siilmon 
* Therp is no record of king aalinon, though a few were ju'ob.ahly packed .and counted in with the cohoes. 
Hume Bros. & Hume built a cannery on the eastern side of Anchorage Bay in the 
spring of 1896, and made a pack that year and in 1897. Its capacity is 800 cases per 
day. In 1896 they employed 40 white fishermen, 20 white cannery-hands, 90 Chinese, 
including boss, tester, and cook. Ten gill nets were used, each 200 fathoms long, 
6J-inch mesh, 40 meshes deep, valued at 75 cents per fathom; also 2 traps, 150 and 
200 fathom leads, 40 feet square pots, web 3-inch mesh, valued at $1,200 each; 3 drag 
seines, 100 fathoms, 200 fathoms, and 250 fathoms in length, the larger ones 100 
meshes deep at bunt, and all valued at $1.50 per fathom. 
The vessels and boats were the steamer Florence Hume, of 8 tons, with a crew of 
2, and valued at $3,000; the bark Leon, with a crew of 12, and valued at $7,000; the 
schooner Equator, of 69 tons, with a crew of 6, and valued at $6,000; 4 trap scows 
at $100 each; 1 sail scow at $500; 4 lighters at $350; 10 gill-net boats at $200 each; 
8 skiffs, etc., at $25 each. 
In 1897 the company employed 55 white fishermen, 10 white cannery-hands, and 65 
Chinese, including boss, tester, and cook. The same equipment Avas used as in 1896, 
except 5 traps instead of 3, and instead of the bark Bern; the bark Ferris B. Thompson, 
of 514 net tons, Avith a crew of 11, and valued at $7,500, was used as a transport. 
The following shows the packs of Hume Bros. & Hume’s cannery at Anchorage 
Bay for 1896 and 1897 : 
A'ear. 
Species. 
Number 
of cases 
packed. 
Number 
of fish per 
Date of packing. 
1896 
Redfish Irom Chignik Ray 
9, 343 
8, 300 
50 
200 
12, 000 
10 
June 16 to Aug. 25. 
Bo. 
Throughout season. 
July 20 to Aug. 20. 
Juno 12 to Aug. 12. 
1897 
Redfish from KaiSuk 
Cohoes 
11 
20 
12 
Humpbacks 
Redfish 
In 1896 nearly all the Chignik Bay fish Avere taken in seines, and only 3,500 in 
traps. A few king salmon Avere salted for jiersonal use. 
In 1897 the fish were all taken at Chignik Lagoon or off the entrance, in the pro- 
portion of 4 in the gill nets, 2 in trajis, and 1 in seines. Ho other fish were canned, 
smoked, or salted, and none were purchased. 
The Pacific Steam Whaling Company in the spring of 1896 built a cannery on the 
eastern shore of Anchorage Bay, one-fourth of a mile south of the Hume cannery, and 
