The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-01-06

Grand total ............. 2,S43,l32
 Thirty-five plants have been in act i've operation of which IS are owned by the Alaska Packers Assn, 6 by the Pacific Steam Whaling Co.,, ? by Hume Bros. & Hume, and the balance one each by various firms and corpor- ations.
 The total product in canned and salted fish is 1,041, ,340 cs, and 22,3S2 bbls, showing a gain over 1898 of 66,- 779 cs and a loss of LAO bbls. Re duced to cases, for purposes of com parison, on basis of 212 cs to the bbl. the aggregate is 1,$$5,379 cs., as against 1,02S,317 last year, making a gain of S7062 cs. Of this excess 5O,- 727 cs are accounted for by new can neries, leaving net excess of 26,235 cs, with one cannery eliminated from the list, the Baranoff Packing Co., having suspended operations. The latter having put up 12,970 cs last year, adding this would make the ac- tual gain of the old establishments 39,205 cs.
  show losses. Of the former the old Bristol Bay concerns put up 66,SO3 cs more than last year, while the two new plants there packed 39,425 cs, making a total increase for those fish cries of 106,22S cs In central and southeastern Alaska the most conspic- uous gains were at Pyramid Harbor 13.62S cs; Hunters Bay, 9,191 cs; Yes Bay, 10,282. The heaviest losses for the season were: Chignik, 10000 cs; Kussiloff, 10,831 cs; Uyak, 11,496 cs; and Metlakahtla, ,141-a loss of 43,- 46S cs at these four fisheries. kar- lux shows a gain of about 2,000 cs over the pack of last year, for which the government official is at loss to account. It must be explained in some other way than by the number of fish caught there.
 Aside from the Bristol Bay pack, the increase over that of 1898 is almost wholly made up of an unusually large quantity of humpbacks canned. At Wrangle, Loring, Hunters Bay, Quad ra Bay, Metlakahtla and Yes Bay the pack is largely humpbacks, and infer for fish never canned when red sal mon are to be had in abundance. only 12 of the 35 canneries use them, viz, Nushagak (few), Odiak, Wrangle, LOT ing, Orca, Chignik (few), Hunters Bay, Quadra Bay, Klawak, Metlakah- tia, Yes Bay and Copper Bay.
 Pyramid Harbor enjoyed a largely increased run of red salmon, and IS the only place outside of Boring Sea which did
 The total number of fish taken was 14,712,455, as against 13,266,129 last year-an increase of 1,446,306. Of these. 11,42O,0S4 were reds-an in crease of 1,039, ,439 over last season; king, S5,S94-a gain of 99,S35, nearly double the number; silver, 367 ,139-a loss of 74,OO9; humpbacks, 2,966,643- a gain of 572,371.
 Of the seasons pack the Alaska Packers Assn put up 723,239 cs and 13O22 bbls, as against 6S4,67S cs and 1OO29 bbls last year, making net gain of 3S,561 vs and 2,993 bbls. Its gains were made at Nushagak (14,- 532 cs), Naknek (14,477 cs), Koggiung (20,520), cs), Ugashuk (8,SOO cs), Ege- gak (2,415 cs), Pyramid Harbor Q3,- 56S cs), Wrangle (S69 cs), Loring (1.' 592 cs), and Karluk (2.139 csl, making total gain, reducing barrels to cases. of 7S-91S cs for the years product. The association sustained losses at Al itak (5,S42 cs), Kussiloff (10,S33 cs), Chignik Q5,744 cs), and Odiak (527 cs)-a total loss of 32,996 cs, resulting in net gain of 45,975 cs.
 The Pacific Steam Whaling Co.,, the second largest concern in the pack ing business in Alaska, made total pack of 162,415 cs, as against 137, ,5SO last year, showing net gain of 24,934 cs for the season. This is very largely accounted for by the pack of the new cannery at Nushagak river. Gains were made at Orca (1,1 ,196 cs), Chignik (1,936 cs), Hunters Bay (9,191 cs) Kenia (5,300 cs ), and Nushagak (1S, 215 cs)--a total gain of 35,S3S cs Losses were sustained at Uyak 10, 954 cs).
 The total value of the seasons pack based upon $3.50 per case, amounts tC $3,S43,734 as against $3,554,128 last