BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 305 



Vol. VI, Ho. 20. Washington, D. C. No\. 94, 1 88G. 



98 NOTES UPON Fliilll AND THE FISHERIES. 



[Extracted from the ofiBcial correspondence and compiled by the editor.] 



Statistics of the sea fisheries of France.* — The following 

 tables give a recapitulatiou for two years of the sea fisheries of France 

 l^roper and of the French colony of Algeria : 



Table I. — Quantity and value of the sea fisheries of France in 1883 and 1884. 



Kind. 



Cod pounds. 



Herring do... 



jy^ackerel do. . . 



Sardines number. 



Anchovies pounds. 



Otlier fish do. .. 



Oysters number. 



Mussels bushels. 



Other shell-fl-sh do... 



Lobsters, &c number. 



Shrimps pounds. 



Marine fertilizers cil feet. 



Total 



1883. 



Quantity. 



75, 834, 358 



81, 248, 705 



14, 624, 102 



1, 148, 375, 978 



4, 918, 075 



116,875,405 



157, 666, 246 



1, 637, 526 



825, 890 



1, 712, 885 



2, 902, 094 

 86, 722, 455 



Talue. 



$3, 485, 176 



2, 547, 034 

 706, 325 



3, 894, 137 

 177, 553 



6, 914, 475 

 437,450 

 513, 058 

 219, 622 

 434, 009 

 284, 995 



1, 080, 962 



20, 694, 796 



1884. 



Quantity. 



80, 510, 764 



101, 352, 473 



21,162,427 



411,819,005 



11,460,503 



115,456,692 



119, 277, 795 



1, 361, 960 



1, 040, 529 



1, 927, 229 



3, 466, 623 



88, 174, 261 



Value. 



$2, 643, 332 



1, 720, 844 

 712,487 



1, 702, 949 

 201, 354 



7, 043, 843 

 336, 772 

 356, 549 

 246, 184 

 528, 184 

 365, 080 



1,118,919 



16, 976, 497 



Value in 1884 com- 

 pared with 1883. 



Increase. 



6,162 



23, 801 

 129, 368 



26, 562 

 94, 175 

 80, 085 

 37, 957 



Decrease. 



$841, 844 

 826, 190 



2, 191, 188 



100, 678 

 156, 509 



3, 718, 299 



Table II. — Quantity and value of the sea fisheries of Algeria in 1883 and 1884. 



* For an article on this subject, see F. C. Bulletin for 1886, p. 219. 

 Bull. U. S. F. C, 86 20 



