110 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



The co.st of the utensils required for the preservation of fish accord- 

 ing to the above process amounts in this country to £6i [$31.G3J, the 

 cost of a cask being £4, and of a pressure-pump £2h The cask is very 

 strong, made of steel, and reckoned to last for at least five years. It is 

 capable of containing 300 pounds ot fish, requiring 3 pounds of tho 

 " Roosen " antisei)tic. One pump is of course sufficient for a large 

 number of casks. If the cost of the utensils is distributed over the 

 five years, the annual esi)enditure for their use will be 2G shillings [$6.32], 

 so that in case the cask is filled only once a year the cost per jjound of 

 the fish for the use of the utensils is only a trifle over 2 cents ; but as 

 the cask may be filled during a year say twenty times, the cost per 

 pound is reduced to about one-tenth of a cent. 



United States Consulate, 



Leith {Edinburgh), Scotland, April 29, 1S8G. 



38 STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES OF THE PKOVIIVCE OF BRIT- 

 ISH COI-l^MBIA FOB 1885." 



By GEOROE PITTENDKIGII, 



Inspector of the Fisheries. 



Statistics of vessels, nets, establishments, and men engaged in the fisheries of British Colum- 

 bia during 1885. 



8 steamers and steam auxiliaries, from 3 to 50 tons ) ^.r ^ pQA 



2G schooners, from 5 to 80 tons 5 



857 fishing boats i a. iq- 



190 canoes 5 



42 liat-boats or scows 5,430 



. $104,225 



961 sahnon nets, 275,800 yards 114,750 



37 herring seines 4,680 



5 herring nets, 700 yards 2, 500 



81 fish seines, 7,061 yards 7,975 



3 eulachon nets 175 



130,080 



25 salmon canneries, estimated value 449, 500 



1 oil factory, Queen Charlotte Islands 10, 000 



1 oil and scrap factory, Burrard Inlet 45, 000 



1 fioatiug cannery and oil factory 60,000 



Various salting stations 11,000 



Total value 809,805 



Sailors 90 



Fishermen and native hunters, with sealing fleet 1,740 



Shoremen t 960 



Total number of men engaged 2, 820 



* These statistics have been furnished by Captain Pittcndrigh, who also states that 

 turbot have been discovered on the Pacific coast, Mr. William Vennan, a reliabh^ fish- 

 erman, having taken one outsid(! of Burrard Inlet, near Spanish Bank. 



