20 REPORT-OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Cape has reason to deplore a large loss of life and property especially 
as the result of winter-fishing on the George’s Bank not inaptly termed ! 
the ‘Gloucester grave-yard.” . 
Proctor’s ‘‘Fisherman’s Memorial and Record Book” gives the names — 
of 1,252 men and 280 vessels lost in the fisheries from the port of Glou- 
oe between the years 1850 and 1873, or during a period of nearly 
half a century. It is estimated that ten women and twenty children 
are annually deprived of husband and father by this service, the actual — 
losses averaging twenty-eight lives and six vessels annually. The 
total amount of property lost in the period mentioned was $1,145,500. ~ 
For the better illustration of the present article it would be desirable 
to present a statement of the product and values of. the fisheries of — 
the several maritime nations, so as to show the aggregate; and if relia- — 
ble data were available for this purpose the result would be an amaz- 
ing one. Unfortunately, the statistics of most nations are so inaccu- — 
rate or incomplete as to render such a comparison entirely impossi- ; 
ble. We have, however, in an important report from Mr. Richard D. ; 
Cutts, ‘The Fisheries and Fishermen of the North Pacific, and he 
Commerce in the Products of the Sea, Washington, 1872,” a table of the - 
products of certain portions of the fisheries of fifteen countries in the © 
year 1865. They are as follows: j 
A ee ai Ct id ae ok ta vo Aen Ue ele wana. hee 20, 730, 249 
laiGiad ee eco Ficlewld'e te newle aucie mcm ene! se caicaccioce si aeh eee 17, 685, 408 
Whale oil ...-.- a Are A Se RAE Ae ee Sree 6, 057, 967 — 
UCRTON Se ro dee heck on soot k tae ao be vad Sen Saleen tae Seis eee eee 4, 689, 687 
Sardines...... eA Bete Ae PSU eL het ct. Se eho Sw eae ee ee ee 2, 600, 000 





WO MoIWOr Ol) 42.2, we ine camels aan ho Melek ome eae Meee eke. Cee 3, 419, 896 | 
BO eOlemieeter. syaceie icine hie ieramere = eiaisia Aor aeimaty eee ey SR EE a 737, 833 
PUGH ALAS 2 par see oc cace colon tie ete eee eae ek emi sek niin lalate ape ee 375, 000 4 

Ta cates cls aaece ote tae ecke. aoe f a. eae rr 
This, however, is eile a eset aa is probably far below the — 
aggregate of shart year, and much less than that at the present time. — 
The general facts in regard to these subjects may perhaps be best 
appreciated by some particular statistics in regard to certain countries, 
especially Norway, for which I give the figures for 1866, 
Total product of Norwegian fisheries. 
The hee statistics of the average product of the Norwegian fish- | 
eries is given by Baars in 1866 (Les Péches de la Norwége, p. 58) : 
Winter herring, 600,000 barrels, at 18 francs ......--...-... ...-0- ------ $2, 400, 000 
Summer herring, 220,000 barrels, at 20 francs .-.--.--.--..2 2.27. A alate 800, 000 
Salted fish, 22,000,000 kilograms, at 40 frances per 100 kilograms......... 1,760, 000 
Dried fish, 12,000,000 kilograms, at 35 frances per 100 kilograms.-.....--. 850, 000 — 
Pickled fish, G0;000 barrels, ad20; frames. str tei weeis << cme ce eeapeee 25 y | 
Cod-liver/oil, 60,000 barrels;/at 90. drancs 2 vec 4c oe ce es ek eel ae oe 1, 080, 000 
Codrpes,o0,000 barrels, at 50) francs... sestsc pecs +40 <6 cenit ee eee 350, 006 
Lobsters, 2,000,000, at'6 cents each .-.............. DAP AA I 120, 000 
Fish guano, 350,000 kilograms, at 30 francs ...--.....-..----+eeeeee ses 5, 100, 006 
