478 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



29. Statement of the balance of trade in dry-salted cod and similar fish between the United 

 States and each foreign country during the ten years ending June 30, 1894 — Continued. 



Note. — In balance of trade, -f indicates excess of imports over exports, and — indicates excess of 

 exports over imports. 



Imports of dried cod by countries. — Since the terininination of the 

 Washington treaty, the imports of dried cod, haddock, and other ground 

 fish have ranged from 10,500,000 to 15,000,000 pounds annually, but 

 a large part of these imports is entered for the purpose of transship- 

 ment in bond to other countries, leaving, as already noted, only from 

 5,500,000 to 11,000,000 pounds as the quantity of foreign-cured cod, 

 etc., entered for consumption in this country. During the operation 

 of the Washington treaty the imports for consumption averaged about 

 30,000,000 pounds annually. 



Nearly all of these fish are received from Nova Scotia, New Bruns- 

 wick, and Newfoundland. Some come from Sweden and Norway, and 

 from Miquelon and other French settlements on the south coast of New- 

 foundland. Shipments are also received nearly every year from other 

 countries, as France, Germany, England, etc., but the imports from 

 those countries are small. 



Table 30 shows the quantities and values of dried or cured cod and 

 other ground fish, imported into the United States from the various 

 countries during a series of ten years ending June 30, 1894, the total 

 quantities and values imported for consumption, and the amount of 

 duties paid thereon. The total quantity entered during these ten 

 years was 153,694,036 pounds, valued at $5,151,791. Of this quantity, 

 however, 47,316,073 pounds were exported, leaving 106,377,963 pounds, 

 worth $3,352,739, as the quantity of foreign dried or cured fish entered 

 for consumption in this country, the duty on which amounted to $429,812. 



