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Tablk VIII. — Detailed slatemeuts of the operations and iJie yield of the mackerel fisheries in 

 quantity and value in 1880, and of the pi-ices paid at the fishing-stations, from ivhich the 

 value is reckoned. 



Total number of fisliermen 3, 719 



Number using drag-nets 3, 477 



Number of boats using drag-nets 966 



Total number of fish caught 5,743,884 



Number caught with drag-nets 5, 627, 384 



Money value of the fishery $186, 558 00 



Average price per 100 fish 3 24 



Table IX.— Statements concerning the yield of: 1. The sprat and other small herring fishery ; 

 2. The lobster fishery; 3. The salmon and sea-trout fishery, and A. The oyster fishery, 

 in 1880. 



1. Sprat and other small herring : 



Total catch, in barrels 152,898 



Money value $138,343 00 



Average price per barrel * 91 



2. The lobster : 



Total catch 1,205,616 



Mouey value $108,455 00 



Average price per 100 1 9 00 



3. Salmon and sea-trout : 



Total catch, iu barrels 57,085 



Money value $102,403 00 



Average price per barrel * 1 80 



4. The oyster : 



Total catch, in barrels 164 



Money value $1,506 00 



Average price per barrel t 9 14 



• At the fishing-stations. t At the place of capture. 



