522 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



63. Statement of the approximate rates of duty imposed upon canned lobsters imported 

 into various foreign countries. 



Countries. 



Europe : 



Austria-Hungary 



Belgium 



Denmark 



France 



Germany 



Great Britain 



Greece 



Italy 



Netherlands 



Norway 



Portugal 



Russia 



Sweden 



North America: 

 Dominion of Canada . 



Mexico 



Central America: 



Costa Rica 



Guatemala 



Nicaragua 



Salvador 



"West Indies : 



Cuba 



Dutch West Indies 



Guadaloupe 



Duty per 100 

 pounds. 



25 p. 



LIP 



$5.80 



Free. 

 3.96 

 2.19 

 5.39 



Free. 



13.59 

 2.63 

 4.56 

 4..80 

 9.79 

 5.38 

 4.08 



ct. ad val. 

 3.59 



1.54 

 5.51 

 1.86 



4.40 



.76 



ct. ad val. 



3.48 



Countries. 



West Indies — Continued. 



Haiti 



Martinique 



South America: 



Argentina 



Brazil 



Colombia 



Guiana, British 



Peru 



Venezuela 



Asia and Oceanica : 



Japan 



Philippine Islands 



Queensland 



South Australia 



West Australia 



Victoria 



New Zealand 



Tasmania 



French Oceanica 



Africa : 



Mauritius 



Cape Verde Islands 



Cape Colony. Orange Free-State, 

 and British Bechuanaland 



Duty per 100 

 pounds. 



$9.65 

 1.40 



13.13 



11.88 

 4.40 

 1.00 

 2.64 

 6.57 



5 p. ct. ad val. 



2.27 



4.12 



4.12 



12 p. ct. ad val. 



20 p. ct. ad val. 



4.12 



12ip. ct. adval. 



2.13 



7i p. ct. ad val. 

 20p. ct. adval. 



2.00 



Fresh lobsters and, shrimp and turtles. — A considerable trade lias been 

 built up during the last fifteen years in the importation of fresh lobsters 

 from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. These are 

 received alive in bulk and in packages holding about 140 pounds, Bos- 

 ton being the principal port of entry. 



The customs returns do not permit an exact statement of the impor- 

 tation of fresh lobsters, but combine these with fresh and dried shrimp, 

 crawfish, and turtles. The total value of these products imported amounts 

 to about $210,000 annually, of which about $185,000 represents fresh lob- 

 sters; $20,000 shrimp, and the remaining $5,000 turtles. The shrimp 

 come principally from China and Hongkong, the turtles from Mexico 

 and the West Indies. The value of the fresh lobsters and shrimp and 

 turtles imported for consumption during each year from 1876 to 1894, 

 inclusive, is shown in Table 7 on page 441. 



Table 04 shows the value of the fresh lobsters and shrimp and turtles 

 imported from each country during the nine years ending June 30, 

 1894, and the value of those imported for consumption. 



64. Statement by countries of the imports of fresh lobsters and of shrimp and turtles into 

 the United States during each of the ten years ending June 30, 1894. 



