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canglit about 1,773,000 hundred- weights in 1829, In 1842, St. John's 

 exported codfish and oil vahied at $4,470,315. In 1848, th(3 Americans 

 caught 1,500,000 hundred-weights. :^ova Scotia exported codfish valued 

 at^ $780,000. Counting the hundred-weight at $2.25, and counting 

 3,500,000 hundred-weights, an average annual jield, Newfoundland 

 exports $7,875,000 worth of codfish, besides oil and other valuable pro- 

 ducts of the fisheries. 



