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this country was 12,109,853 pounds, worth $1,149,020, the duty on 

 which during - the four years in which the customs act of 1890 was 

 operative amounted to $30,579. The largest quantity entered for con- 

 sumption during any one year was 1,891,742 pounds in 1894, and the 

 smallest was 708,727 pounds in 1888. 



53. Statement hy countries of the imports of fresh salmon into the United States during 

 each of the ten years ending June SO, 1S04. 



Countries from which 

 imported. 



North America: 

 Nov a S c o t i a and Now t 

 Brunswick S 



Quebec and Ontario 



British Columbia 



Newfoundland and Lab- 

 rador 



Total 



Total entered foreonsump-i< 



tion S 



Amount of duty 



1889. 



Pounds. Values. 



865, 531 

 151,491 



$89, 727 



14, 951 



3,485 



1, 020, 507 



1,011,456 



209 



104, 887 



104, 875 



1890. 

 Pounds. Values. 



644, 120 



205, 183 



4,600 



853, 963 



873, 014 



$67, 476 



20, 931 



241 



88, 648 



91, 022 



1891. 



Pounds. Values 



<;*235, 361 

 M9C, 482 

 S* 101, 939 

 ) tG, 066 

 s *3, 7oo 

 I 1 1,250 



9,522/ 



;*34i,ooo 



[t503, 940 



Pounds. Values 



894 s 

 95 ( 

 755 



75, 863 

 6,288 



$98, 900 

 6,249 



301 



1,180,017 105,450 



o.., 327/ -, « . 9 7 /. n 

 18,322} ' ' 

 3', 780 j 



105, 565 

 9,321 



Countries from which imported. 



Europe : 

 England 



North America: 



Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 

 wick 



Quebec and Ontario 



British Columbia 



Newfoundland and Labrador . . 



Total 



Total entered for consumption. 

 Amount of duty 



1893. 



1891. 



Pounds. Values. Pounds. Values 



1,017,846 

 155, 902 

 64,811 



100, 405 

 12, 028 

 3,639 



1, 242, 640 



645, 824 



3,872 



1, 238, 666 I 116, 124 | 1, 892, 336 



1, 238, 605 



116, 124 

 9,290 



1, 891, 742 



$115,971 



39,996 



219 



156,186 



156, 163 

 14, 188 



Total. 



Pounds 



, 644, 990 



, 390, 300 



84,581 



3, 635 



12, 123, 613 



12, 109, 853 



Values. 



$52 



963, 169 



207, 625 



4,570 



229 



1, 175, 645 



1,149,020 

 36, 579 



* Free of duty. t I (utiable. 



Trade in salted salmon. — Little difference exists between the quantity 

 of pickled or salted salmon imported for consumption and the extent 

 of the domestic exports. The value of the former during the ten years 

 ending June 30, 1894, was $G89,294, and the domestic exports during 

 the same x^eriod were valued at $058,595. A statement of the imports 

 for consumption of salted salmon from 1809 to 1894, inclusive, is given 

 in Table 10, on page 447, and the exports since 1883 are noted in Table 

 24, on page 408. 



