Fish imported at Boston from the Provinces and duty that it would 

 have been subject to except for the Washington treaty. 



1873— Value of fish imported, $1,091,084.00 



Amt. Duty Remitted. 



Duty estimated, $272,771.00 



Less amt. of duty paid, 41,583.00 



$231,188.00 



1874— Value of fish imported, $1 ,031,248.00 



All free of duty, 257,812.00 



1875 to 1884, inclusive— 



695,300 bbls. of mackerel, ^ 

 42,217 " salmon. 



605,515 " herring, } 2,448,800.70 



55,301,232 pounds of dry fish, | 



18,149,108 " smoked fish, J 



Fish oil (average 200,000 galls, a year), 290,000.00 



Total amount of duty remitted on Boston 



importations, $3,227,800.70 



Imports of canned fish at all United States ports, es- 

 timated from the returns to Bureau of Statistics, 960,000.00 

 Average 3 r early amount of fresh fish imported , from 

 reports of Bureau of Statistics — 



Other than salmon, pounds, 17,521,419 

 Fresh salmon, " 1,016,937 



Average Annual. Total, all ports, 18,538,356 



" " « duty l-2c, $92,691.78 X 12 = 1,112,301.36 



Fish and fish oil, estimate duty from Dec. 1884 to 



July 1885, 203,410.00 



Total duty remitted, $5,503,512.06 



The above tables do not include mackerel, herring, and other 

 pickled, dried or smoked fish, or fish oil imported at other ports of 

 the United States, than Boston. Includes fresh fish and canned fish 

 imported at all ports. 



