chaptj:r VII. 



THE FISHERIES. 



The tislieries of Ncwfouudlauil cmistituU' the graiul staple in- 

 <lu>tr\' of the couutiy. The gathering in of tlie sea-liarvest ha^ 

 been and will long continue to he the chief employment of its 

 jieople. On the exj^ort of the p)ro(lucts of the fi.sheries the trade 

 of tlie colony mainly depends. Other induslries are developing 

 a.s years roll on ; luit as yet thest- do not compare with the tisli- 

 ing interests. Tliis appears very clearly tiom the census returns 

 of 1891 which show that out of a po])ulatiun of 202,000 thei'e are 

 54,775 engaged in catching and curing fish ; while 825 aie en- 

 gaged in lumbering ; 1,258 in mining and 1,058 in factories and 

 Avorkshops, and 8,Gfi8 in otliei- employments. The products of 

 till' fisheries constitute about four-fifths of the entire e.xjjorts. 

 AVKKA(}K EXPORT OF FI.SHERY PRODUCTS. 



The following tal)le comjiiled from the Customs' Returns for 

 the year 1891, the latest reliable returns which are available, 

 >sliows tlie value of the exports of fishery i)ro(lucts for that year : 



Codfish, (dried) $4,032,201 



" (boneless) 20,000 



"• (green) 7,240 



Oil, (cod) • 227,892 



" (cod-liver) 3,798 



" (Herring) 360 



" (Seal) 414,584 



" (Wliale) 3,600 



Salmon (Pickled) 78,553 



(Preserved) 1,758 



Skins (Seal) 364,854 



Sounds and Tongues . . . . 460 



Loljsters 429,681 



H.-rring (Frozen 21,539 



" "(Pickled) 188,905 



Total . . . $-5,794,925 



