600 



EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AXD FISHERIES. 



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tnre to ask that inquiry may be made tlirougb the consulate as to whether 

 and to what extent there is opportunity to obtain statements of New 

 fouudland's total export. 



According to French reports the participation of St. Pierre and Mi- 

 quelon in the Newfoundland fishery has increased not inconsiderably. 

 I have, however, seen no report of the amount exported, wherefore I 

 venture to beg that information in this respect may also be procured, 

 so far as these places are concerned, through the consulate in Quebec. 



The yield of the French fisheries is, for the greatest portion of the 

 amounts given, from the weight of fish in salt. The bulk of the exported 

 portion, however, is dried. 



The yield of the fishery of the United States for 1876 and 1879 is stated 

 to be only one-half that of the two preceding years. To judge from the 

 number of incoming fishing vessels the reports for 1876 and 1877 can- 

 not be correct. 



Table LXIV. 



[Times 100,000 pounds.] 



' To France 1.8 ; to Denmark 0.2. 

 Tablk LXV. 



[Times 100,000 pounds.] 



