BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



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Pr.ODUCE OF THE FISHERIES. 



The total value of the fisheries of Canada for the year 1884 is reck- 

 oned as follows : 



Nova Scotia. 8'^. 763, 779 36 



New Brunswick 3,730,453 99 



Quebec 1,694,. 560 85 



British Columbia , 1,358,267 10 



Outario 1,133,724 26 



Prince Edward Island 1,085,618 68 



Showing a total value of 17, 766,404 24 



as agaiust $10,958,192.98 iu 1883, an increase of $808,211.20. 



This is exclusive of the quantity consumed by the Indian population 

 of British Columbia, and also of the yield of Manitoba and the Korth- 

 west Territories, from which, although steps have been taken to supply 

 the information in future, no reliable data are available for the present 

 report. 



The following table is valuable for its recapitulation of the yield of 

 the different kinds of fish throughout Canada during 1883 and 1881, 

 with a comparison of the products of these years: 



The yield and value of fisheries in the Dominion of Canada for the years 1883 a7id 1884. 



Kinds of flsli. 



1883. 



Cod c-wts-. 



Herring : 



Pickled barrels.. 



Smoked boxes.. 



Frozen number.. 



Preserved or fresh pounds . . 



Lobsters : 



Preserved do... 



Preserved tons.. 



In shell or alive per M.. 



Salmon : 



Pickled barrels . . 



Fresh number.. 



Fresh in ice pounds . . 



Preserved in cans do. .. 



Smoked do.. 



Mackerel : 



Preserved in cans do. . . 



Pickled barrels.. 



Haddock cwts.. 



Hake do. . . 



Pollock do . . . 



Trout pounds.. 



Trout barrels.. 



Whiteflsh do... 



W^hitefish pounds.. 



Smelts do. .. 



SaT'dines barrels.. 



Sardines hogsheads . . 



Oysters barrels . . 



Ale wives do. .. 



Hake sounds pounds.. 



Cod tongues and sounds barrels.. 



Shad , number.. 



Shad, salted barrels.. 



Eels, salted do. . . 



Eels number.. 



Mu.skallonge pounds.. 



1884. 



