Douglas Island news., 1913-02-05
Customs Report

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 The report of Collector of Customs ). R. Willis on the commerce and cus- toms business oS Alaska for the calen- dar year ending December 3l, 1912, says:
 Although there was no material in crease in the population of Alaska during the calendar year 39l2, the com merce of the territory broke all former records in almost every particular.
 The total trade, valued at S72,741, ,O6o, is 27Ga higher than that for any previous year. The balance of trade in favor of Alaska is the largest of record, amount ing to almost twenty million dollars Gold, which until recently has con. stituted the bulk of the territory's ex ports, though greater than for the two previous years, was 50gs less in value than, the total of the other Alaskan products shipped to the United States and was exceeded by ssS single item of salmon-canned and otherwise pre- served.
 For the asrt time both the shipments of merchandise from the United States and from Alaska to the United States passed the twenty million mark The shipments 60 Southeastern Alaska show sn enormous increase and are more than double those of any of the otheT three divisions Phis increase was principally due to the estaSlfshnen of twenty new salmon esoneries tsFoOgh out the division aud the extensive de- Velopment of nai9ing properties tn tk~ Juneau district
 The following table shows the vafse of the real and transit commerce of the territory. The imports and exports of foreign gold and nest of the exports of merchandise to foreign ports represent the trade between the United States and Yukon Territory which Dssses through Alaska.
 RagUaES
 Merchandise fromthe United
 States ........ .... ,... ... ssr, ,Ssg Tsa Merchandise from foreign
 ports .... .. ......... ....... ..... ssSos4 Gold and silver from foreign
 ports -..... ........ ........ S840,5ss;
 Total imports ....... ..... s2sy75ss4l
 EXB0RTS.
 Merchandise to the United
 States ...... ........... ....... SPA, ,TGgSSS Merchandise to foreign ports 1,45s;;SsS Domestic gold and silver to
 the United States ............. &03g, ,D5 Foreign gold and silTep to the
 United States s...........".".. 3704,TES
 Total exports ... ........ S4es ,1IS' The articles enumerated in the fol- lowing table are all of Alaskan' origin' and are indicative of the Importance of the various industries of the territory The value oE the furs shipped during the year includes the products oS ths PribiloR islands and shipments by mail-a total, of s3OO,eo3-not shown in' the bureaus reports for the ssSns period.
 Owing to the fact that gold carried on the persons of travellers is not in-- cIuded in the returus made by this oS. Ace,. the value of precious naetats re- ported shipped from the territory isr as usual. slightly less than the amount shown by the Bureau of the Mint
 Value of domestic merchandise and gold and silver shipped from Alaska to the United States:
 Copper ore and matte-...~..s 4,so4'IIo Fish: Salmon, canned .. .... 15,551, ,794
 salmon. all other. ...- e07,242
 AL other fish and fsk
 prodact,. 5ss,s2e Fish sertilizers 41,662 Fish and whale oil ---.-.... ZS5,5Se Fnrs .- E2&554 Gvpsnn,, ... l29,sz5 Marble W,15e Tin ore and concentrates. ..- sO,sa8 Wbalebone . ls,o2 Other merchandise. ........ T,0oo,2sa Sold and silver ............. 1908, ,7o5
 Total .s4Oss ss54. IFS