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THE REPORT OF THE 



No. 31 



Comparative Statement of the yiejd of the Fisheries of the Province. 



Kinds of Fish . 



1903. 



Whiteflish lbs 



(salted) " 



Herring " 



" (salted) " 



Trout " 



" (salted) " 



Bass* " 



Pickerel " 



Pike " 



Sturgeon " 



Caviare " 



Eels " 



Perch " 



Catfish " 



Coarse fish " 



Tullibee " 



Bladders " 



2,632,770 



34,400 



3,088,150 



653,700 



5,787,310 



704,800 



6,050 



2,604,540 



1,539,325 



494,250 



30,550 



37,950 



868.700 



701,750 



1,987,000 



22,250 



710 



1904. 



3,474,300 



70,800 



4,252,580 



705,900 

 6,275,430 



723,800 



Total 



Total Increase 1904. 



21,194,205 



2,632,540 



1,775,700 



485,200 



29,170 



45,500 



922,600 



520,150 



2,087.960 



5,800 



2,000 



Increase. Decrease. 



841,530 



36,400 



1,164,430 



52,200 



488,120 

 19,000 



28,000 

 236,375 



7,650 

 53,900 



100,900 

 l',890' 



24,009,970 3,030,295 

 2,815,765 



6,050 



9,050 

 1,380 



181,600 

 16,450 



214,530 



Note— Black. 



RECAPITULATION 



Of fishing tugs, boats, nets, etc., employed in the Province for the year 1904. 



Articles. 



128 tugs, 2,389 tons 672 men 



1,477 boats, 2,453 men 



3,490,036 yards of gill nets 



123 seines, 14,378 yards. . . . 



514 pound nets 



473 hoop-nots 



313,512 

 105,747 

 244,163 

 6,804 

 156,560 

 13,121 



Articles 



Value. 



75 dip net 



8,858 hooks and set lines. . 

 238 freezers and ice houses . 



51 piers and wharves 



3 machines 



121 spears 



213 

 322 

 81,009 

 9,075 

 450 

 121 



$931,097 



Statement of the yield and the value of the Fisheries of the Province for 



the year 1904. 



