88 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



A smaller portion of items go to China, Japan, France, the Azores, 

 and Madeira, the Spanish colonies in Africa and elsewhere. Nothing is 

 exported to Spain, Portugal, and Italy, where, on the contrarj^^ ]S"ew- 

 foundland split cod has so great a market. 



Of fresh fish, as above noted, are exported $69,000 worth, of which 

 about $68,000 worth are shipped from Key West, Fla., to Cuba. 



Pickled herring are exported to about the same markets as the dried 

 and smoked fish, and, besides, to the French colonies, the English colo- 

 nies of Australia, Liberia, the Sandwich Islands, Porto Eico, and Vene- 

 zuela. 



The $2,000,000 worth of '' aU other iish-products " went for the greatest 

 part to England, the EngUsh colonies, and Hong-Kong, because the 



most important items are the following : 



Value, 



To England $974, 673 



" English colonies in Australia 298, 280 



" Hong-Kong , 216, 522 



" Germany 74, 998 



" Cuba 46, 924 



" France and her colonies 37, 733 



" CTnited States of Colombia 33, 461 



" Hayti 30, 032 



" Peru 28,183 



" Chili 7,441 



" China and Japan 8, 826 



The exportation of oil, as previously stated, amounted to $455,000 ; 



the quantity was 896,000 American gallons, or about 30,000 barrels, 



which were shipped in the following principal items : 



To England 304,605 gallons, valued at $125, 583 



" France 241,161 " " 123, 937 



" Scotland 197,891 " '' 80,670 



"Canada 119,007 " " 05,999 



The remainder went to the English possessions in Australasia, Cuba, 

 Hong-Kong, Mexico, and elsewhere. 



The great exportation of oysters, which is said to be still in its infancy, 

 amounts to $170,000; the following were the most important markets: 



Canada $70, 114 



England 38, 661 



English possessions ui Australasia 11, 639 



Germany 10, 798 



Argentine Eepublic 6, 609 



Uruguay 6, 458 



Cuba 4, 388 



Next come Brazil and Chili, Mexico and the Sandwich Islands, Ven- 

 ezuela and various states in South America, Japan, China, &c. 



