86 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



According to the same official statistics for 1875 the exports of fish- 

 products from the United States of North America were : 



Dried and smoked fish $710,121 



Fresh fish 09, 448 ; 



Pickled fish 359, 009 



Fish otherwise prepared 1, 855, 550 



Whale and fish oil 455^ 230 



Oysters . 170, 277 



$3, 020, 301 



Besides those used in transit : 



Fresh fish 3, 895 



Herring 11, 722 



Mackerel 10, 254 



Sardines and anchovies 23, 290 



Oil of all kinds. 11, 230 



All other fish products 157, 053 



217, 450 



3,837,757 

 While importation in the last year has been diminished, exportation 

 seems to have increased, by which one may well conclude that the fish- 

 eries are in constant advancement. The American fish-dealers' exchange 

 with foreign countries amounts also to about $7,000,000; but an account 

 more in detail as to the countries with which this exchange occurs may 

 perhaps be of great interest to the Norwegian fish-merchants, wherefore 

 I shall compile an abstract of tables relating to the subject. 



The fresh fish, amounting to $352,000, which were imported duty free, 

 were almost exclusively from Canada 5 the same was the case with the 

 $584,000 worth of mackerel and about half the quantity of herring, 

 quoted at $289,000. On the other liand, the importation of the remain- 

 der of the herring, $220,000, together with sardines, anchovies, and all 

 other fish, was from the following countries : 



Valued at — From — 



Pickled herring, 14,243 barrels. . $154, 302 Holland. 

 5,075 " .. 01, 459 Germany. 

 1,278 " .. 0, 854 Newfoundland and Labrador. 

 218 " . . 2, 897 England. 

 120 " . . 480 Quebec and Ontario. 



24 '' . . 298 Scotland. 



As the prices quoted are invoice-prices, it is seen that the herring sent 

 from Europe were invoiced at over $10 to $12 per barrel, while herring 

 from the Qanadian coasts were only $4 to $5 j)er barrel. Direct from 

 Norway and Sweden they are imported for $2 ; but I am informed that 

 some of the herring imported from Hamburg are Norwegian. 



Sardines and ancho\'ies in oil reached a value of $1,000,000 in 1874, 

 but in 1875 they were imported only to a little over half the amount, or 

 $520,179, distributed among the following countries : 



