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KXPORTEU FROM I.AIJKADOR. 



'Co.Ifi^li (Dried) ^832,324 



Heiriiig 12,ir)3 



.Salmon 13,034 



Cod Oil r),852 



Seal Oil 1,242 



.Sealskins 127 



Tiv.ut 228 



.(hvL-nHsli 806 



Total . . . -^865,766 

 Total ('>:|)i)rts lislu'rv ]>roilucts IVom Niid. 



and Lal.radoi- ,^^(;,GG0,691 



The foregoing may lie regarded as fairly representing the mean 

 annual yield of the tishcries in recent yeais. AVhen to this we 

 add the value of Ihe tish con.sumed hy the people in the country, 

 estimated at .$'400,000, we obtain ^7,060,691 a.s the average an- 

 nual value of the whole fisheries of the country. 

 lANADIAN FISHERIES. 



In 1891, the total value of the Canadian fisheries, including 

 the salt water, lake and I'iver fisheries, was -$'18,978,078. 



KINDS OF FISHES, 



The iirinci])al commercial food fishes taken in Newfoundland 

 waters are the cod, the heia-ing, the salmon and the lol).?ter. The 

 seals are ta'ken amid the ice-fields off the north-eastern shore of 

 the island,, and also in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, off the south- 

 western and western coasts. 



NUMBERS OF FISHERMEN. 



The cod, salmon, herring and lobster fisheries are prosecuted 

 on the shores and in the hays of the island ; the cod fishery i.s 

 .also carried on upon the Great Bank and on the coast of Labra- 

 dor. The number of men engaged in the bank fishery in 1891 

 was 3,269, hut there has been a decrease in the numlier of men 

 and vessels employed since that date. In 1891, 199 vessels, with 

 :a tonnage af 11,520 tons, took part in the bank fishery. The 



