[205] HISTORY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



Statement X shows the quantity and value of foreign pickled mack- 

 erel entered for consumption in the United States during the years ended 

 June 30, 1872 to 18S1. Comparing this Statement with statement VIII, 

 it appears that the total imports from the Dominion of Canada, from 



1872 to 1881, amount to 800,619 barrels, valued at $6,101,295, and the 

 total consumption of Canadian mackerel during the same period amounts 

 to 836,218 barrels, valued at $5,900,649. This shows that nearly the 

 entire importation of foreign mackerel is consumed in this country; and 

 such would naturally be the case since the imports are the best qualities 

 of Canadian mackerel that are too fat for exijort to the West Indies or 

 other foreign countries. 



Statements XI to XV, inclusive, show the production of mackerel by 

 the fisheries of the Dominion of Canada, and the exports of mackerel 

 from that country during a series of years. They are compiled from the 

 annual reports of the department of marine and fisheries of the Domin- 

 ion of Canada, the documents and proceedings of the Halifax Commis- 

 sion, and a report by United States Consul-General Jackson, of Halifax, 

 on the fisheries of Canada, and their value to the United States, printed 

 in commercial reports of the Department of State for January, 1881. 



The first three of these statements show the total value of pickled and 

 fresh mackerel, the value of mackerel exported to all countries, and the 

 value of mackerel exported to the United States during the period from 



1873 to 1879. From these statements we see that the production is valued 

 at $10,654,528, and the exports amount to $5,481,493, of which the United 

 States receives nearly three-fourths, or $4,090,139 worth. Of the entire 

 production only $115,91S worth of fresh or canned mackerel is included, 

 of which $26,018 worth was exported to the United States, as follows: 

 1873, none specified; 1874, from Xova Scotia, 26,390 pounds fresh, $2,689; 

 1875, from Xova Scotia, 1,008 pounds fresh, $126; 1876, from Xova 

 Scotia, 22,760 pounds fresh, $4,632; 1877, from Xova Scotia, 8,976 pounds 

 preserved, $1,051; from Xew Brunswick, 703 pounds fresh, $62; 187S, 

 from Xova Scotia, 54,200 pounds fresh, $1,266, 4,365 pounds preserved, 

 $4,2S7; from Xew Brunswick, 87,883 pounds fresh, $5,099, 9,448 pounds 

 preserved, $693 ; from Quebec, 10,738 pounds fresh, $654; 1879, from 

 Xova Scotia, 39,700 pounds fresh, $2,632, 266 pounds preserved, $818; 

 from Xew Brunswick, 52,786 pounds fresh, $2,009; total value, $26,018. 



The total yield of fish and fish products, by the fisheries of Canada, 

 from 1873 to 1879, as given in official documents, was valued at 

 $82,094,962, of this amount $40,802,322 worth was exported to all coun- 

 tries, including $11,695,530 worth exported to the United States. 



Statement XIV shows the quantity and value of mackerel produced 

 by the Canadian fisheries from 1869 to 1880, including those of Prince 

 Edward Island since its entry into the Dominion in 1873. 



Statement XV shows the quantity and value of pickled mackerel 

 exported from the Dominion of Canada to the United States from 1873 

 to 1879, also from Prince Edward Island from 1857 to 1873, and from 



