600 



EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



[08] 



ture to ask that inquiry may be made through 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 i)articii>ation of St. Pierre and Mi- 

 «quelon in the Newfoundland fishery has increased not inconsiderably. 

 I hare, 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 

 jportioii, 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 



aium5>er of incoming fishing vessels the reports for 187C and 1877 can- 



aiot fee correct. 



Table LXIV. 



[Times 100,000 pounds.] 



* To France 1.8 ; to Denmark 0.2. 



Table LXV. 



[Times 100,000 pounds.] 



