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the French island of St. Pierre, all using St. Pierre and Miquelon — 
as a summer base of operations, and for the purpose of drying — 
their fish. St. Pierre is 125 miles distant from the nearest part | 
of the coasts over which the French have treaty rights, and 
the fishery upon the Banks is entirely distinct from the © 
fishery upon the coasts of Newfoundland. It is in the Bank — 
fishery that sailors are now being trained for the French Navy; — 
and the pursuit of this fishery by the French was remarkably — 
expanded between the years 1881 and 1886, a measure being ~ 
enacted in the latter year by the Newfoundland Legislature — 
which had the effect of decreasing the success of French opera~ — 
tions. From 1881 to 1888, both inclusive, the shipments from — 
St. Pierre were as follow :— 
1881 ep 374,017 qtls. of 112 lbs. each. 
1882 wis 411,986 ,, ” 
1883 ves 530,045 ,, ” 
1884 «= 632,005 =» » 
1885 a 820,350 _,, 09 
1886 a 908,300 ,, 9 
1887 ve 754,770 »” 
1888 bs 594,529 ” 
From Newfoundland, during the same years, the shipments 7 : 
were as follow :— 
1881 se 1,463,439 qtls. of 112 lbs. each. 
1BS2 snes cops, ABIGSIy oe 
1883 ve 1,624,037 ,, ‘s 
1884 6 4 1,397,637  ,, * 
1885 id 1,284,710 _,, ” 
1886 ies 1,344,180 ,, ” 
1887 cbs 1,080,024 ,, ” 
1888 se 1,175,720 4, » 
It will be noticed that the export from St. Pierre in 1881 
was exceeded by 534,283 qtls. in 1886, or an wncrease of about 
145 per cent. vn five years. On the other hand, the export from 
Newfoundland was 119,259 qtls. less in 1886 than in 1881, or 
a decrease of about 8 per cent. during the same years. It will ~ 
also be noticed that the export from St. Pierre fell from 908,300 — 
qtls. in 1886 to 754,770 qtls. in 1887, and 594,529 in 1888—a'total i 
decrease of 313,771 within two years, or 34 per cent. of the export 
