ALASKA. 
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The report of the commission created by this law was made in 
November, 1896. They found that many of the smaller streams 
which formerly produced red salmon had been reduced to such a 
condition as to render their use unprofitable. Under the new law, 
the inspection would be more thorough, and probably more effect¬ 
ive. The report said that the pack for 1896 exceeded that for 
1895, amounting to 965,450 cases and 9,314 barrels. The num¬ 
ber of persons employed was estimated at 5,600, and about 
$130,000 had been paid in wages by the packing companies. 
There are two hatcheries, one at Karluk, where £,500,000 eggs 
have been secured, and the other at Etholine Island, with a prod¬ 
uct of over 2,000,000 eggs. 
WHALES. 
“ The whaling business,” says Mr. Lyman E. Knapp, Governor 
of Alaska, in his report for 1892, “in which forty-eight vessels are 
engaged, resulted in a catch for 1891 of 12,228 barrels of oil, 
186,250 pounds of bone, and 1,000 pounds of ivory. The total 
value was $1,218,293. Below is a comparative statement of the 
amount of oil, bone, and ivory taken during the last eighteen years : 
Year. 
1891. 
1890. 
1889. 
1888. 
1887. 
1886. 
1885. 
1884. 
1883. 
1882. 
1881. 
1880. 
1879. 
1878. 
1877. 
1876. 
1875 - 
1874. 
Oil. 
Barrels. 
12, 228 
14,890 
12, 834 
15 . 774 
3 U 714 
37, 260 
24, 844 
20, 373 
12, 300 
21 , IOO 
21, 800 
23, 200 
17, 400 
9, OOO 
13, 9OO 
2, 800 
16, 300 
IO, OOO 
Bone. 
Pounds. 
186, 250 
231, 232 
231, 981 
303 . 587 
564, 802 
304 . 530 
451,038 
295, 700 
l6o, 200 
316, 600 
354, 500 
339, 000 
127, 000 
73, 300 
139, 600 
8, 800 
157, 000 
86, 000 
Ivory. 
Pounds. 
I, OOO 
4 , 150 
I, 506 
1, 550 
875 
2, 850 
6, 564 
5, 421 
23, IOO 
I* Soo 
15- 400 
15, 300 
32, 900 
30, 000 
74, 000 
7, 000 
25, 400 
7, 000 
Total, 18 years 
318, 917 
4 > 93 U 950 
272, 410 
