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Show i Columbia's Fish Industry Valued at 19 Millions VANCOUVER, B. .. Aug. t. British Columbia's sslmon pack totaled to-taled l.tM td cases In li!2. valued at Ilv.10i.t37. This waa aa In-rreass In-rreass ef IS?. 20S esses over the MSI output end e gala tn value of M.17(IM, according to a report complied br the provincial depart-enent depart-enent of mlnee and ftaherlea. The total value of the output of British Columbia fisheries during the year. Including fresh, canoed, cured or otherwise prepared, the report shows, waa 1M71.I. This was an Inrrsass ever the previous year of l.llt.UJ. or per cent. A a Interesting feature of the report re-port waa the fact that whaling opera op-era t loae. which wars suspended In 1. 11. were resumed In ltts snd produced pro-duced aa output valued at 91M.-114. 91M.-114. Totsl capital Invested in th fish Industry of British Columbia, ths report shows, waa I1t.lll.e71. fit this. M.7l.(7 represented vessels, nsts. trsps, plsrs snd whsrveo and Its. IIS, 744 rspresented money invested in-vested tn canning and curing establishments. estab-lishments. The number ef persons engaged In fishing operations and In raaalng and curing eerabllek-BBsats. eerabllek-BBsats. It Is shown, wss 1.SS0. - |