FOREIGN FISHERY-TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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the last ten years, the West Indies received 71,709 barrels, Colombia 

 8,915, the Guianas 2,552, and Liberia 1,340, leaving 5,012 barrels as the 

 quantity shipped to all the remaining countries. In 1893 over 99 per 

 cent, and in 1894 about 90 per cent of the exports of domestic mackerel 

 went to the West Indies. From 1880 to 1886, when mackerel were 

 abundant on the United States coasts, quantities were exported to 

 European countries, but this has not been done during recent years. 



36. Statement by countries of the domestic exports of brine-salted mackerel during the ten 



years ending June SO, 1894. 



