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HALIBUT FROM OREGON BANKS LANDED AND SOLD AT SEATTLE.

                       Price                       No. 2  Chicken  Amount
Date:      Schooner.   for No. 1.   No .1 fish.    fish.  Halibut..dumped.
August 1   Seattle-----  3¢         35,028         8,982           30,000
August 4   Alaska------  3¢         27,175 39,000 11,470           20,000
                               [[the above 39,000 inserted by hand]]  
August 12  Daisy-------  4 3/4¢     22,050         5,800           12,000
August 21  America-----  3 1/4¢     28,216         5,713           25,000
August 22  Decorah-----  3          28,000         2,000          Unknown  
August 24  Alaska------  3 3/4¢     53,852         3,018           12,000
August 25  Daisy-------  4¢         
Sept.5     Athena------  3 1/2¢     44,355         9,000           27,000
Sept. 7    Senator-----  3 1/4¢     21,294         6,876           15,000
Sept. 11   Panama------  3¢         35,685         9,382           22,000
Sept. 15   Omaney------  4 1/4¢     32,221         7,804           10,000

Aug. --    Starr-------             No fish.
           LaPaloma----             No fish.
Sept.1     San Juan----             110,000
Sept. 8    Magnolia----  3 1/4¢      25,840         2,460   2,565   10,000

Note.--The amount dumped ^[[mushy fish [[?]] Cobbs letter Nov. 9-14]] is merely approximate as these fish are not weighed.

The San Juan Fish & Packing Company purchased the cargoes of the Daisy (Aug.25) [[strikethrough]]and the Senator (Sept.7),[[/strikethrough]] while it owns the San Juan.^[[& Starr.]]  The company states the slips containing the records of these cargoes have been destroyed.^[[San Juan's catch is quantity reported by captain when he arrived.]]

Couldn't find the date of the LaPaloma trip, but think it must have been in September.

I am not sure that this is complete as the buyers pay very little attention to where the fish come from.  Should I hear of any additional will let you know.

[[signature]] J. N. Cobb [[/signature]]

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