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Table VIII. — Defailed statements of the operations and the yield of the mackei-d fisheries in 

 quantity and value in 1880, and of the prices paid at the fishing-stations, from which the 

 value is reckoned. 



Total number of fishermen 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. T he sprat and other small herring fishery ; 

 2. The lobster fishei-y ; 3. The salmon and sea-trout fishery, and 4. 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 



Money value $108,455 00 



Average price per 100 1 9 00 



3. Salmon and sea-trout : 



Total catch, in 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. 



