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“although only some 2,500 cwts. remain in store, I 
“¢ doubt much if an outlet can be found for this before 
_“*tLent terminates. French fish keeps pouring in, and 
_ ¢usurps the place formerly held by British cure. It is 
_ ** evident something must be done to protect the English 
. - “¢ ¢ fisheries, or the sooner they are abandoned the better.’ 
_* Genoa.—The following figures show the progressive increase 
of French fish sent into Genoa :— 
: oes ak: : Conte. 
____ In 1885 were imported ... it dik pe ROD 
vee 10.1886... .,, ‘hts tak ck vce, Such 
7 his is independent of fish sent into Genoa by rail, vid Mont 
“Cenis Tunnel, the quantity of which it is impossible to. 
ascertain, but the best-informed estimate it at 50,000 ewts. 
. hg Valencia.—Until last year this market was free from French 
competition. There were imported in 1885— 
; e. ; Cwts, 
Newfoundland... + ine we. 35,000 
i French «.. ee ee sae rie eect Lee 
i ‘Tn 1886— 
_-~—s Newfoundland)... oe vii ... 22,000 
r French _,., ties ve ee fe. + 20,000 
© Alicante.—In this market the sale of Newfoundland cod- 
/“ fish has most materially declined through its displacement by 
“French-caught fish. Alicante was formerly a most valuable 
a 
market to the Newfoundland trade, being a port of distribution 
¥ 
ie fi » fish to Madrid, Saragossa, &c., &c. These places are now 
almost wholly supplied with French fish, that for Madrid and 
; northern places being sent through Bilbao and Passages, to which 
ei goes by rail from Bordeaux at avery cheap rate. A large part 
b) of the fish caught by the French in Newfoundland is shipped 
“in an uncured state to Bordeaux, and is there cured, .a con- 
bo tinuous supply being sent from there chiefly by rail into the 
* Spanish markets. The quantity thus received from France in 
* in 1885 was 56,723 cwt., and in 1886, 82,600 cwt. 
e “ Malaga.—French fish is also being shipped to Malaga, 
“which market was formerly supplied by Newfoundland, from 
wi hich the importations are now of small account.” 
