CHAP. XXXV. BRITISH AMERICAN FISH EXPORTS. 



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AGGREGATE VALUE OF THE BRITISH AMERICAN FISHERIES. 



It is very difficult to obtain a close approximation to 

 the actual annual aggregate value of the fisheries of the 

 Gulf and the coast of Labrador. It would be necessary 

 to obtain accm^ate returns from France, the United States, 

 Great Britain, and the British Provinces. But both 

 French and American fishermen leave the Great Banks, if 

 the season is not successful, and go to the Labrador, or 

 into the Gulf, so that the distinction cannot be made with 

 an approach to accuracy as regards the French and the 

 Americans. The British American fisheries, however, do 

 not now include the Great Banks, so that a close approxi- 

 mation to the value of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the 

 Labrador to the Provinces may be determined. The 

 following table shows the value of the exports of fish, 

 fisli-od, and seal-skins from British America during the 

 years 1855, 1856, and 1857 :— 



The exports of Nova Scotia being given for nine 

 months only of 1857, the addition of one-fourth would 

 not bring them up to the exports of the two previous 



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* For nine months only. 

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