FOREIGN FISHERY-TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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The receipts from the British North American provinces were 270,840 

 barrels, or 28.17 per cent. Exports are principally to British West 

 Indies, Haiti, Santo Domingo, and other islands of the West Indies. 



45. Statement by countries of the foreign trade in salted or pickled herring during the seven 



years ending Jane 30, 1S!)J. 



Imports of pickled herring by countries. — Pickled herring are received 

 principally from Netherlands, Canada, Norway, Germany, Scotland, 

 and Newfoundland. During the ten years ending June 30, 1894, the 

 imports from the Netherlands amounted to 377,480 barrels, worth 

 $4,379,171; from Canada 372,755 barrels, valued at $1,240,293; from 

 Norway 231,098 barrels, worth $1,125,838; from Germany 112,250 bar- 

 rels, from Scotland 111,198 barrels, from Newfoundland 94,187 barrels, 

 and from all the remaining countries 22,052 barrels, worth $141,740; 



