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fishery in Newfoundland and Iceland in the three years 

 ending with 1860 was 500, of about 65,000 tons, and em- 

 ploying 14,000 to 15,000 men. 



The produce imported into France in 1860, which was a 

 fair average of the five years previous, was as follows : 



Kilogrammes. 



Wet cod... ... ... ... 19,780,556 



Dry cod .., ... .... ... 7,370,659 



Cod oil ... ... ... ... 2,050,846 



,, not purified ... ... 284,649 



Cod roes .., ... ... 72,489 



Other produce sounds, etc. ... 870,655 



The codfish re-exported to the various French colonies, 

 to Italy, and the Barbary States, varies from 3,000,000 to 

 9,000,000 kilogrammes. 



The average catch of cod in the French colonies of St. 

 Pierre and Miquelon, according to the official returns, was 

 for the five years ending 1871 : 



Kilogrammes. 

 Dried cod ... ... ... 7,163,965 



Salted cod ... ... ... 8,261,121 



15,425,086 



There were employed in the fishery, directly or in- 

 directly, 194 vessels, of 30,561 tons, employing 3439 men. 

 The number of boats was 673. and the number of fishermen 



5773- 



The number of French vessels employed in 1873 in 

 the cod fisheries was in Newfoundland 190, of 23,035 tons, 

 and in Iceland 230 of 19,585 tons. 



The average annual produce of the French cod fishery 

 in the five years ending 1 874 was : 



Kilogrammes. 

 Dry codfish ... ... ... 6,419,538 



Green codfish .., ... ... 10,985,127 



Cod oil ... ... ... ... 449,102 



,, sounds ... ... ... 417,223 



roes... ... ... ... U3>4I5 



