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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  [4] 
  

  

  The 
  sprat 
  and, 
  oilier 
  small-herring 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  The 
  total 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   sprats 
  and 
  other 
  small 
  herring 
  caught 
  in 
  1884 
  was 
  157,471 
  hectoliters, 
  

   which, 
  calculated 
  at 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  about 
  50 
  cents 
  per 
  hectofctor, 
  

   would 
  make 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  .$78,005.74. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  1870 
  to 
  1883 
  these 
  fisheries 
  produced 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  mackerel 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  The 
  total 
  quantity 
  of 
  mackerel 
  caught 
  was 
  

   5,348,700 
  fish, 
  which, 
  at 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  $3.69 
  per 
  100, 
  would 
  make 
  

   the 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  $197,094.43. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  1879 
  to 
  1883 
  these 
  fisheries 
  produced 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  summer 
  fisheries 
  for 
  ling, 
  coal-fish, 
  torsh, 
  &c. 
  — 
  The 
  total 
  quantity 
  

   of 
  fish 
  caught 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  ascertained. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  fish- 
  

   eries 
  was 
  $776,960.41; 
  while 
  in 
  1883 
  it 
  was 
  $1,170,088; 
  in 
  1882, 
  

   $667,588; 
  in 
  1881, 
  $582,900; 
  in 
  1880, 
  $388,150; 
  and 
  in 
  1879, 
  $367,428. 
  

  

  The 
  salmon-trout 
  and 
  sea-trout 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  These 
  fisheries 
  yielded 
  a 
  much 
  

   better 
  result 
  in 
  1884 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  five 
  years. 
  The 
  total 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  offish 
  caught 
  was 
  1,082,789 
  pounds, 
  which, 
  at 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  

   12 
  cents 
  per 
  pound, 
  would 
  make 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  

   $132,707.97. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  1879 
  to 
  1883 
  these 
  fisheries 
  produced 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  lobster 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  lobsters 
  caught 
  was 
  1,099,828, 
  

   which, 
  at 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  $10.18 
  per 
  100, 
  would 
  make 
  the 
  total 
  

   value 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  $111,922.15. 
  

  

  