FOREIGN FISHERY-TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. 441 



II.— THE IMPORT TRADE. 



Imports from 1821 to 1853. — As fish were among the principal food 

 resources of the United States during its early history, it is not remark- 

 able that the imports of fishery products were of small extent. With 

 the increase of the fisheries of the British North American Provinces, 

 the marketing of the products of those fisheries was gradually extended 

 in this country. Those products were largely pickled mackerel, salmon, 

 herring, shad, etc., dried cod, and fish oil. The total imports increased 

 in value from $13,186 in 1S21 to $1,142,541 in 1853. From 1821 to 1853 

 inclusive, the total value of fishery products imported aggregated 

 $7,776,700, of which $7,330,268 worth, or 94 per cent, were received 

 from the British Provinces. During this period, however, the exports 

 of foreign fishery-products amounted to $1,536,900, leaving $6,239,806 

 as the value imported for consumption in this country. 



Table 5, modified from a compilation 1 of the Bureau of Statistics, 

 United States Treasury Department, shows in classified form the annual 

 imports of fishery products during each year from 1821 to 1S53, inclusive, 

 and a separate statement of the value of the annual imports from the 

 British North American Provinces and from all other countries. 



5. Classified statement of the imports of fishery products into the United Stales during each 

 year from 1821 to 1853, inclusive. 



'Quarterly report of the Chief of the Bureau of .Statistics, Treasury Department, for the three 

 months ending December 31, 1886. p. 406. 

 a Included with "All other tish," 

 c Exclusive of 1844-1847. 



