598 



REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Table LXIII. 



[In millions.] 



Tables LXIV to LXXII show the export of cod from Norway, Can- 

 ada, St. John's (Newfoundland), the United States, Iceland, France, 

 Scotland, and Holland from 1872 to 1878. Thus from the fish-exporting 

 places returns are wanting from St. Pierre and Miquelon (Newfound- 

 land) and the Faroe Islands only. 



In the report for last year the export from Canada in 1876 is errone- 

 ously stated. 



In the United States the iiscal year is reckoned from July 1 to June 

 30. In the other places, on the contrary, from January 1 to Decem- 

 ber 31. 



In the Scotch fishery statistics it is not stated specially to what coun- 

 try the export was made. After comparing it with the English trade 

 statistics, I believe that I have committed no important error in stating 

 that the export to "the continent" went exclusively to Spain, and that 

 to "places outside of Euroj^e" to the British West Indies. 



For Iceland, no official statistics are known to me, and I have taken 

 as the basis of my calculation the export to Denmark and statements 

 from a private individual for 1878 and 1879. According to an article 

 by Hen. M. Lindeman, in Dr. A. Petermann's Mittheiluugen, 60th part, 

 the total export was : 



* The fact that I have not undertaken any corrections in the tables is owing to their 

 having been worked out last autnmii, and I have not had time to change them, since it 

 was necessary for me to finish niy report as early as possible, in order to be able to 

 attend the fishery exhibition at BerKu before its close. 



