President.-Gov. Thomas Riggs, jr. Members.-John Sundback, Nome; John Ronan, Seward; J. R. Heckman, Ketchikan; D. A. Sutherland, Juneau. SHIPPING BOARD. Chairman.-Gov. Thomas Riggs, jr. BANKING BOARD. President.-Gov. Thomas Riggs, jr. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ALASKA PIONEERS' HOME. President.-Gov. Thomas Riggs, jr. Secretary.-Allen Shattuck. Treasurer.-W. W. Casey. Superintendent of home.-Harry F. Morton. DIVISIONAL BOARDS OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS. Division No. 1. Commissioner.-Perry Wiley, Juneau. Assistants.-Thomas Knudson, Martin J. Bugge, Juneau. Division No. 2. Commissioner.-Barney Gibney, Nome. Assistant.-E. H. Pfaffle. Division No. 3. Commissioner.-James E. Wilson, Valdez. Assistants.-O. O. Krough, Anchorage; Henry B. Wolking, Cordova. Division No. 4. Commissioner.-Robert E. Sheldon, Fairbanks. Assistants.-Peter Jensen, Ruby; J. E. Barrack, Fairbanks. BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. Chairman.-Gov. Thomas Riggs, jr. Members.—A. J. Adams, Cordova; John R. Beegle, Ketchikan; Hugh Dougherty, Seward; Charles D. Garfield, Juneau. BOARD OF REGENTS, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF MINES. L. S. Keller, Skagway; L. F. Shaw, Anchorage; P. J. Rickert, Mrs. Luther C. Hess, A. R. Heilig, H. Claude Kelly, A. J. Nordale, J. A. McIntosh, Fairbanks. BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. President.-B. L. Myers, Ketchikan. Secretary-treasurer.-H. C. DeVighne, Juneau. Members.-L. O. Sloane, Juneau; Curtis Welch, Nome; William Ramsay, Council; J. M. Sloan, J. H. Romig, Seward; Aline B. Beegler, Frank R. Delavergne, Fairbanks. BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS. President.-W. E. Zuber, Ketchikan. Members.-J. W. Bayne, Nome; Robert R. Myers, Nenana. BOARD OF PHARMACY. President.-W. B. Kirk, Juneau. Secretary.-D. H. Christoe, Juneau. Members.-W. H. Caswell, Cordova; C. G. Brinker, Nome; Russell Herman, Valdez; F. W. Dunham, R. T. Kubon, Fairbanks; William Ramsay, Council. BOARDS OF CHILDREN GUARDIANS. Division No. 1—Members.-Robert W. Jennings, J. M. Tanner, Mrs. Martha Kashevaroff, Juneau. Division No. 2—Members.-W. A. Holzheimer, E. R. Jordan, Emma Lee Orr, Nome. Division No. 3-Members.-Fred M. Brown, F. R. Brenneman, Mrs. T. J. Donohoe, Valdez. Division No. 4-Members.-Charles E. Bunnell, Lewis T. Erwin, Mrs. H. E. St. George. BOARD FOR RELIEF OF DESTITUTION. Superintendent.-Gov. Thonras Riggs, jr., Juneau. Advisory members.-James A. Smiser, J. M. Tanner, Juneau; G. J. Lomen, E. R. Jordan, Nome; William A. Munly, F. R. Brenneman, Valdez; R. F. Roth, Lewis T. Erwin, Fairbanks. APPENDIX C. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR, Port of Juneau, Alaska, February 2, 1920. While the record of the commerce of Alaska for 1919 showed a continued decline, being the smallest since 1915 in the total value of shipments to and from the United States, the situation disclosed is by no means discouraging and there are features which carry the promise of better coming conditions. The volume of commerce is still very large, perhaps larger per capita than that of any other section of the world. Balance of trade in favor of Alaska was more than $31,000,000-approximately $1,000 for each white man, woman, and child in the Territory-indicating a very healthy commercial and industrial condition. The figures which tell of the coming and going to and from Alaska show that the preponderance of emigration over immigration, which was the marked feature of conditions in 1917 and 1918, has at last been stopped. The balance was on the side of immigration. The record shows that during the calendar year 24,273 persons came to Alaska while those departing numbered 23,902—a net gain of 371. The record for 1917 was 27,030 arrivals and 31,259 departures, and that for 1918 showed 19,040 arrivals and 27,732 departures-a net loss in two years of nearly 13,000. The shrinkage in the value of the shipments to the United States for 1919 from the value of those for 1918, approximately fourteen and a half million dollars, was due mostly to the $7,951,000 decrease in copper shipments and the $6,495,000 decline in the canned salmon shipments. The reduction in the value of the canned salmon shipped from Alaska in 1919 was due wholly to the fact that the run of salmon last year in practically all parts of the Territory was very light and the salmon pack the smallest it had been for five years. The reduction in the quantity of copper shipped from Alaska in 1919 was due to the collapse of the copper market early in the year, which caused copper producers to curtail the production in Alaska, as elsewhere in the country, for a considerable portion of the year and resulted in much lower prices for the product. The year ended, however, with conditions more satisfactory and shipments approximately up to the 1918 average. The average monthly shipments for the last two months of the year was 6,050,000 pounds, as against a monthly average for 1918 of 6,137,000 pounds. For six months of 1919 the average monthly shipments amounted to 2,411,000 pounds, and in May they reached the low level of 1,134,000 pounds. The quantity of copper shipped during 1919 declined approximately 35 per cent from 1918, and the value of the copper shipped was approximately 44 per cent less than the previous year. The only really distressing feature of the year's business in Alaska is that indicated by the continuing decrease in the shipment of gold, due, of course, to continued decrease in production. The cause for this is the still prevailing labor shortage and the abnormally high cost of mining gold without corresponding increase in the value of the product. The vast areas of unworked lowgrade gold placer fields and great number of only partly developed gold-lode properties, together with new discoveries, suggest that with readjustments in the industrial and economic world conpleted Alaska's gold output will again begin to increase. Many of the low-grade placer mines, and also lode mines which were operated prior to the war but were compelled to close on account of the shortage of labor, the constantly increasing cost of material and operating expense, and lack of transportation facilities, are still idle, and probably they will remain so until conditions become stable. One of the most favorable indications of the year was the very satisfactory growth of the herring industry, shown in the marked increase of the shipments of canned herring. The experience of the year would seem to justify the contention of the governor and other authorities that in the course of time the herring industry in Alaska will rival the salmon industry in proportions. The increase in the inportation of furs from British Columbia, Yukon Terri tory, and Siberia was due largely to the increased activity of the Alaska fui dealers, and partly compensated for the short catch of Alaska furs last year. The decrease in shipments from the United States to Alaska for 1919 from the record made in 1917 and 1918 is explained by the facts that large enterprises begun before the war had been completed and the materials entering into them delivered, the curtailment of work on the Alaska Railroad, a decrease in the beginning of new enterprises, and a natural decline in building on account of the higher costs. The principal exports of Alaskan products to foreign countries, not shown in the second table of this report, entitled "Value of Merchandise and Gold and Silver Shipped from Alaska to the United States," are the following copper and other metals exported from southeastern Alaska to British Columbia for treatment, to wit: Also, likewise exported to British Columbia, the following fish products, to wit: Merchandise from the Total imports.. EXPORTS. Merchandise to the 1,196, 195 1,175,701 1,449,362 $21,689, 690 $21, 610, 860 $23, 293, 168 $30, 834, 793 $39, 838, 168 $40, 412, 258 $37, 476, 232 751, 173 662, 994 4,320,985 3,576,090 500, 519 4,223, 620 26,761,848 25,849, 944 28,017, 307 22, 252, 942 25, 427,873 34, 245, 272 62,507, 811 76,651,968 75,026,578 60,473, 623 4,306,591 3,450, 400 Total exports...... 40,767,677 44,655,924 1,248,878 1,047,746, 1,225, 120 12,959,266 14,729, 905 16,090,411 3,296, 012 54,856, 815 Grand total of im ports and exports 67,529, 525 70,505,868 82,874, 122 119, 937, 443 141, 125, 462 127,049, 132 109, 652, 339 |