498 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



43. Approximate rates of duty on smoked herring imported into various foreign countries. 



Countries. 



Europe : 



Austria-Hungary . 



Denmark 



France 



Germany 



Great Britain 



Greece 



Italy 



Portugal 



Russia 



North America: 



Canada 



Mexico 



Central America — 



Costa Rica. 



Honduras 



Nicaragua 



Duty pei 



100 

 pounds. 



$0.43 

 .17 

 1.32 

 .32 

 Free. 

 2.04 

 .44 

 .08 

 .29 



1.00 



2.87 



1.54 

 .93 

 2.33 

 British Honduras ! 10 p. c. 



Countries. 



North America — continued. 

 West Indies — 



Cuba 



Guadaloupe 



Haiti per box 



Jamaica 



Puerto Rico 



Santo Domingo 



South America: 



Boli vi a 



Colombia 



British Guiana 



Peru 



Venezuela 



Africa : 



British Cape Colony 



French Gaboon . ..'. 



Liberia 



Duty per 



100 

 pounds. 



$0. 70 

 6p.c. 



.Oti 

 .50 

 .38 

 .85 



.00 

 1.10 



.50 

 .44 

 2. 19 



2.00 

 .05 

 1.00 



BRINE-SALTED OR PICKLED HERRING. 



General trade in pickled herring. — While the United States exports 

 as well as imports pickled or brine-salted herring, yet the exports are 

 vastly exceeded by the imports, the former averaging about 3,000 bar- 

 rels while the latter average 135,000 barrels per annum. The average 

 value of those imported has been about $7.12 and of those exported 

 about $1.72 per barrel. Table 41 shows the extent of the foreign trade 

 in pickled herring daring the seven years ending June 30, 1894. It is 

 impracticable to show the extent of the exports of pickled herring prior 

 to 1888, as they were not separately classified, being included with all 

 other pickled or brine-salted fish. The imports of pickled herring since 

 1820 are included in Tables 5, 6, and 10, on pages 441, 443, 447. 



During the twenty-six years ending June 30, 1894, the imports for con- 

 sumption were 2,831,992 barrels, worth $10,978,802, as shown in Table 10. 



44, 



Statement of the foreign trade in pickled or brine-salted herring during the seren years 



ending June SO, 1894. 



The extent of the imports of pickled herring from and the exports to 

 each foreign country during the seven years ending June 30, 1894, is 

 shown in Table 45. It appears that during this period the imports from 

 Europe aggregated 089,445 barrels, or 71.72 per cent of the total imports. 



