FOREIGN FISHERY-TEADE OF THE UNITED STATES. 469 



The character of exports to each country. — The domestic fishery prod- 

 ucts exported from the United States are sent principally to England, 

 Haiti, Germany, Canada, Australia, France, and Hongkong. In 1894 

 the value of the exports amounted to $4,258,300, of which $1,304,493 

 was sent to England, $052,723 to Haiti, $438,333 to Germany, $209,726 

 to Canada, $235,080 to Australia, $198,908 to France, and $175,743 to 

 Hongkong. 



The exports to England arc principally canned salmon, fresh oysters, 

 whale oil, and spermaceti. To Haiti are sent salted cod, smoked her- 

 ring, pickled mackerel, and other pickled fish ; to Germany, whalebone, 

 spermaceti, and prepared fish of various kinds; Canada receives fresh 

 oysters, smoked haddock, and various kinds of fresh fish ; Australia, 

 canned and pickled salmon, canned oysters, and spermaceti. The 

 exports to France consist almost entirely of whalebone, spermaceti, 

 and fish and whale oil; and those to Hongkong, of dried shrimp, with 

 a small quantity of canned salmon and various kinds of dried fish. 



Table 20 shows the quantities and values of domestic fishery prod- 

 ucts exported to various foreign countries during the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1894. The quantity sent to Europe was valued at $2,088,958; 

 to Canada and Newfoundland, $270,009; to other ports of the North 

 American continent, $1,080,114; to South America, $241,234; to Asia 

 and Oceanica, $537,455; to African and other ports, $34,470; making 

 a grand total of $4,258,300. 



The most valuable products were canned salmon, worth $1,020,215; 

 salted cod, etc, $704,052; oysters, $088,053; whalebone, $441,969; shrimp 

 and other shellfish, $249,721; and whale and fish oils, $140,851. 



The dried or smoked and the brine-salted fish are marketed princi- 

 pally in the West Indies, those islands receiving, in 1894, 83 per cent of 

 the exports of the former and 74 per cent of the latter. South America 

 received 8 per cent of the dried fish and 3 per cent of the brine-salted. 

 The canned fish are sent principally to England and Australia, those 

 countries receiving 00 and 10 per cent, respectively, of the exports of 

 this class. Of oysters, England received 04 and Canada 25 per cent 

 of the total exports. Scotland ranks first in the marine oil trade, with 

 England a close second, the exports to each amounting to 30 and 32 

 per cent, respectively, of the total. The whalebone is marketed almost 

 exclusively in Germany, France, and the Netherlands, 97 per cent of the 

 total exports going to those countries. England and France control 

 the trade in marine shells, and the former receives the greater portion 

 of the sponges exported from this country. 



