Report to the Secretary of the InteriorU.S. Government Printing Office, 1932 - Alaska |
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Page 62 - SILVER None of the ores that are mined in Alaska are valuable solely for the silver they contain, and by far the greater part of the silver that is produced occurs as a relatively minor constituent in ores whose principal value lies in some other metal.
Page 106 - That the catch and pack of salmon made in Alaska by the owners of private salmon hatcheries operated in Alaska shall be exempt from all license fees and taxation of every nature at the rate of ten cases of canned salmon to every one thousand red or king salmon fry liberated, upon the following conditions...
Page 4 - This is an increase of about 30 per cent in quantity and 29 per cent in value over the production in 1930...
Page 84 - Foundation, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Page 39 - I,576y2 miles of sled road, 7,324*4 miles of permanent trail, and 712 miles of temporary flagged trail. The roads and trails constructed by the commission have not only opened up to development nearly all sections of the Territory but have effected large savings in freight charges. The major portion of this freight would not have been transported without the roads, .and the indirect loss which would have been occasioned by the restriction on output and development if the roads did not exist cannot...
Page 103 - ... amount of business done; fish buyers (dealers in fresh fish) one-tenth of 1 cent per pound on fish purchased, except for sale at retail, whether or not the fish buyer operates a cold-storage plant; fish-oil works and fertilizer plants, 40 cents per 50-gallon barrel for oil and 40 cents per ton for fertilizers and fish meal ; whale oil and fertilizer, 50 cents per 50-gallon barrel for oil and 50 cents per ton for fertilizers...
Page 118 - All children who are destitute of suitable homes and adequate means of earning an honest living, all children abandoned by their parents or guardians, all children of habitually drunken or vicious or unfit parents, all children habitually begging on the streets or from door to door, all children kept in vicious or immoral associations, all children known by their language or life to be vicious...
Page 106 - CORPORATIONS Three or more persons may unite to form a stock corporation under the general corporation laws of the Territory of Alaska for any lawful Business purpose whose chief business shall be in the Territory of Alaska, except for the purpose of banking, insurance, brokerage, or loan, trust, and guaranty associations.
Page 12 - The report of the general manager of the Alaska Railroad shows an increase of 0.20 per cent in passenger revenue and 31.62 per cent increase in freight revenue during the year. The total deficit for rail and river boat operations was $412,466.75 or a decrease of 30.06 per cent.
Page 37 - Fairweather, Lituya, La Perouse, and several others. The region also contains a great variety of forest covering, consisting of bodies of young trees which have been established since the retreat of the ice, and offers...