540 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Imports of sounds by countries. — The largest imports of flsli sounds 

 are from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; England. Venezuela, Den- 

 mark, Brazil, Bussia, and India also supply sounds for the United 

 States market. Comparatively few of the sounds from England are 

 obtained in tlie fisheries of that country, the bulk of the shipments com- 

 ing from Bussia, India, and other countries. The following table shows 

 the imports from each country during the four years ending June 30, 

 1894, the custom-house returns not showing by countries the quantity 

 imported prior to July 1, 1891: 



78. Statement by countries of the imports of fish sounds into the United States during the 

 four years ending June 30, 1S94. 



Countries from which imported. 



Total. 



Pounds. 



Values. 



Average 



value per 



pound. 



Europe: 



Denmark 



England 



France 



Germany 



Italy 



Netherlnnds 



Russia (Baltic and White seas) 

 Sweden and Norway 



103,983 



289, 406 



396 



10, 464 



310 



466 



67, 407 



1,158 



$11, 535 



74, 782 



97 



2,017 



30 



57 



15, 221 



223 



$0. 110 

 .259 

 .245 

 .193 

 .097 

 .122 

 .226 

 .184 



Total Europe. 



473, 590 



103, 962 



.220 



