120 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



of trips in 1894 exceeded that in ISi).'} by over 1,100. Tlie increase in 

 receipts was nearly L'5,(R>0,000 ponnd!"-, bnt the value of products 

 decreased over $200,000, the value of the augmented yield of cod, had- 

 dock, etc., not compensating for that of tlie diminution in the mackerel 

 catch. The following table is a recapitulatory comparison, by fishing- 

 grounds, of the tish receipts in 1893 and 1894. For a more detailed 

 exhibition of the changes in the two years, the foregoing tables may be 

 compared with similar tables in the previous report of this division. 



No. of trips. 



Ponnd.s. 



Value. 



Grounds. 



1893. 



1894. 



La Have Bank 



Western Ban k 



Querean Bank 



St. Peters J'.ank _.-. 



Green Bank 



Grand Banks 



Canso Bank 



Cape Shore 



Cape North 



Gulf of St. Lawrence. . 

 Iceland and CJreenland. 



Otf Kewfoinidland 



Browns Bank 



German Ban k 



Georges Bank 



Cashes Bank 



rippenies Bank ...'. 



Tillies Bank 



Clark Bank 



Jeft'reys Ledge 



Middle Bank 



Otf Highland Light ... 



Off Chatham 



South Channel 



Nantucket Shoals 



Shore, general 



193 



141 



164 



7 



2 



148 



9 



147 



312 



208 



120 



20 



35 



149 



6 



166 



2 



27 



U 



7, 081. 405 



4, 140, 169 



3,071,980 



223. 980 



48, 400 



19,041,180 



867, 480 



5, 668, 380 



Total 



1, 724, 730 



1,845,900 



137, 250 



2, 665, 900 



30, 000 



31, 202, 772 



18, 427, 090 



241, 200 



66, 000 



220, 000 



5, 6.53, 365 



4, 967, 530 



2, 633, 785 



1, 302, 132 

 14, 082, 550 



2. 533, 800 

 13, 986, 070 



13, 060, 397 



5, 194, 723 



2, 383, 033 



491, 890 



898, 187 



19, 123, 860 



2G1, 430 



7, 605, 253 



95, 200 



1,202,000 



1, 490, 500 



264, 620 



4, 784. 670 



77, 000 



40, 619. 785 



15, 346. 260 



420, 500 



253, 400 



263, 800 



5, 574, 784 



5. 296, 109 



:t, 845, 085 



1,841,40(1 



Jl, 249, 770 



2. 775, 620 



12, 697, 541 



142,396,448 , 107,116,817 



$189,934 



217, 859 



237, 871 



14, 865 



4,542 



572, 591 



24, 361 



240, 947 



84, 301 



103, 327 



7,732 



54. 951 



255 



900, 849 



244, 866 



5,287 



1, 382 



4,718 



104,650 



108,507 



52, 411 



28, 265 



i85, 244 



09, 892 



526. 013 



1894. 



$291, 686 



275, 221 



165, 559 



32, 160 



68, 025 

 532, 668 



6, 929 



205. 347 



2,412 



66, 265 



84, 752 



15, 367 



78, 545 



1,188 



873, 695 



186, 717 



6,630 



4,277 



5,085 



97, 425 



95, 949 



69. 036 

 31,947 



331, 140 



62, 776 



307,810 



4,099,847 , 3,897,671 



The following statement is a summary comparison of the aggregate 

 receipts at Boston and Gloucester in 1893 and 1894, each of the prom- 

 inent fishes being shown separately: 



RESUME OF REPORTS ISSUED. 



The printed articles emanating from this division in 1895 consisted of 

 statistical and descriptive reports on the fisheries of the Great Lakes 

 and Middle Atlantic Stiites, a general paper on the statistical aspects 

 of the United States fisheries, and several reports treating of special 

 subjects, An outline of the nature and scope of these papersis given. 



