494 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



during each of the seven years ending in 1894, and the annual average 

 value per 100 pounds of each class. The imports for consumption from 

 1874 to 1894, inclusive, as shown in Table 9 on page 446, amount to 

 74,548,529 pounds, worth $1,638,295. 



40. Statement of foreign trade in smoked herring during seven years ending June 30, 1S94. 



Note. — The + indicates excess of imports over exports; — indicates excess of exports over imports. 



Imports of smoked herring by countries. — Nearly all of the smoked 

 herring imported into the United States is from Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswick, the remainder coming principally from Sweden, England, 

 the Netherlands, and Newfoundland. Of the 53,685,414 pounds im- 

 j)orted during the ten years ending June 30, 1894,48,041,778 pounds, or 

 90 per cent, came from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; 1,900,142 from 

 Sweden; 1,486,403 from Newfoundland; 747,904 from England; and 

 1,509,187 pounds from all the remaining countries. The accompanying 

 tabulation indicates the receipts of smoked or cured herring from each 

 foreign country during each of the ten years ending June 30, 1894: 



41. Statement by countries of the imports of smoked or cured herring into the United States 

 during the ten years ending June SO, 1894. 



