8 7 6 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



Total quantities and values :- 



1888. 29,742,590 oysters, valued at ,99,110. 

 1889. 38,016,770 ,, ^106,856. 



STATEMENT, 



Showing the yield and value of the Oyster Fisheries in the 

 Dominion of Canada, for the years 1886, 1887, and 1888. 



1886. 62,905 barrels, valued at $189,915=^37,983 

 1887. 61,360 ,, $i87'58o=^37,5i6 



1888. 56,234 ,, ,, $163,902= 3,278 8s. od. 



FRENCH STATISTICS. 



The oyster industry of France employed in 1881 

 29,000 men, women, and children, in the pares, beds, and 

 preserves. The number of such establishments on the 

 Royal demain was 32,364, with an area of 19,891 acres, 

 and 970 establishments upon private property, with an area 

 of 926 acres. From them 734,985,770 oysters were dredged 

 during the season of 1880-81, from September i to June 

 15, worth 7,061,753 francs ; while the total number of 

 oysters disposed of during this period amounted to 

 680,372,750, worth about seventeen millions of francs. 

 The total includes the oysters dredged in the sea, as well 

 as those gathered from artificial breeding grounds or pares. 



In 1867, the consumption of oysters in Paris was 

 26,750,775, of which the greater portion came from Cor- 

 seulles-sur-Mer, and from St. Vaast-de-la-Hougue. (a) 

 In the " Revue des Deux Mondes," Janvier ler, 1884, it is 

 stated that the consumption of oysters in Paris alone was 

 2,000,000. 



(a) " Revue des Deux Mondes," " L' Alimentation de Paris," 

 tome 75, 15 Juin, 1868. 



