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this, Great Britain exported to Germany, in 1871, 902,533,000 pounds, 

 valued at $3,272,750. In 1872, the fisheries proved very successful. 

 The Fraserburg herring-fleet of six hundred boats caught in a single 

 night upward of 10,000,000 of herring, valued at from $75,000 to $S0,000. 

 This is the largest haul on record in those parts. In no country of the 

 world, in proportion to its size, are the salmon fisheries as valuable as 

 in Great Britain. They arc most extensive in Scotland, where from 

 10,000 to 12,000 salmon are caught annually. In 1820, 21,817 were 

 caught 5 and from 5,000 to 6,000 are caught every summer in the Tweed 

 alone. The Scotch salmon fisheries were particularly successful in 1870, 

 many large and beautiful fish being taken. 



C. — France. 



As this country is very rich in natural products, and as the extent of 

 its coast is small, the fisheries are not carried on to any great extent. 

 But notwithstanding this, they yield a large income, the annual sum 

 being estimated at no less than $8,200,000. Herring, pilchard, and sar- 

 dines are chiefly caught on the coasts and in the North Sea. Sardines 

 and tunnies are caught in the Mediterranean, and cod near Newfound- 

 land. In 1818, 110,000,000 pounds of cod were taken. The herring and 

 pilchard fisheries are even more productive. Single boats from Dun- 

 kirk, Calais, Dieppe, and Boulogne, have caught as many as 28,000 in 

 a single night. On the coasts of Provence and Languedoc, from 220,000 

 to 330,000 pounds of tunnies are frequently caught at a single haul. 

 The finest sardiens are found near Antibes, Frejus, and St. Tropez, and 

 they are brought to the fair at Beaucaire in enormous quantities. 



7. — North America. 



The following statistics will show sufficiently the importance of the 

 North American fisheries. The fisheries near Newfoundland have 

 yielded the following : Excluding those fish caught by the English and 

 French, the Americans, in 1829, caught 195,030,000 pounds of cod. St. 

 Johns, in 1812, exported cod-fish and oil valued at $1,176,315. The 

 Americans caught, in 1818, 165,000,000 pounds of cod. St. Johns also 

 exported, in 1S12, salmon valued at $68,390, and herring estimated at 

 $35,595. Montreal exported in 1811 fish valued at from $350,000 to $100,- 

 000, and fromGaspe there were shipped from 11,300,000 pounds to 16,500,- 

 000 pounds. The New Brunswick fisheries annually yield from $200,000 to 

 $300,000, and those of the United States in 1817 yielded $17,069,262. The 

 most important fisheries in the country last named, are the cod and 

 mackerel. Boston, alone, in 1819, exported about 231,856 barrels of 

 mackerel. The cod-fisheries of Greenland were also very successful in 

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