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b. Siceden. — The statistics are fragmentary. Iq 1871, 318,075 pounds 

 of dried cod were shipped from Gothenburg. 



c. Denmark. — In 1871 a considerable number of codfish were caught 

 on the west and east coast of Jutland, and 321,000 pounds, valued at 

 $3,300, were exported, viz, 80,000 pounds from Aalborg, 80,000 from 

 Hjarring, 161,000 from Frederiksbavn. In 1871 a great number of cod- 

 fish were caught near Greenland. In 1876 the codfisheries on the north 

 and east coasts of Iceland were successful, while on the west, and espe- 

 cially on the south coast, they proved failures. 



d. Germany. — In 1873 the fishermen caught a large number of codfish 

 from the mouth of the Elbe to Jutland. The Heligoland fishermen 

 brought 650,000 pounds of fresh and 8,000 pounds of dried cod to Gees- 

 temuiide. In 1874, 300,000 kilograms (661,421 pounds) of cod were 

 caught near Eckernforde. In March, 1876, 70,260 codfish, valued at 

 $1,750, were caught near Travemilnde. 



Besides these incomplete data we will give the following statistics of 

 the North European fisheries: 



7,561,897,075 pounds = 75,618,971 hundred-weights, at $2.25 = 

 $170,142,932 in 6 years, or an average of $28,357,155 per year. Count 

 about 50 per cent, loss, and there remain still about $14,128,577 annual 

 income from the codfisheries on the coasts of Northern Europe. All 

 these figures are only relatively "correct, as they are based on very in- 

 complete and imperfect data — oil, glue, manure, and other minor pro- 

 ducts of the fisheries not being counted at all. Not till we possess com- 

 plete fishery-statistics from all the States of Europe, can we ascertain 

 the productiveness of systematic fishing. We embrace this opportunity 

 to ask all superintendents of fisheries to assist us by sending reports, 

 so that by degrees we may be enabled to give more reliable statistics of 

 our fisheries. 



e. Tlie codfisheries near Newfoundland yielded 400,000,000 fisb. In the 

 year 1790 the English brought about 656,000 huudred-weghts into the 

 market; in 1814, already, 1,245,808, valued at £2,831,528; in 1825, only 

 973,000 hundred-weights; in 1835, only 712,000, valued at £356,000; 

 and in 1848 again about 1,000,000 hundred-weights. Tbe French, like- 

 wise, caught about 1,000,000 hundredweights in 1848. The Americans 



