316 



LABRADOR 



1890-94 

 1895-99 

 1900-04 

 1905-06 



257,314 hundredweight 

 220,150 hundredweight 

 219,948 hundredweight 

 296,553 hundredweight 



Besides the fish exported directly each year, an average 

 of three hundred and fifty thousand quintals is carried from 

 Labrador to Newfoundland and exported thence. This 

 gives a mean annual output from Labrador of about six 

 hundred thousand quintals. In 1906 and 1907 the figures 

 are: 



GRAND TOTAL 



In 1905, 342,219 quintals, valued at $1,237,329, were 

 exported direct from the Labrador. In 1907 the entire 

 export of dried codfish from Newfoundland and Labrador 

 amounted to 1,422,445 quintals, valued at $7,873,172. 

 The total product of the fisheries for the colony in that year 

 was valued at $10,058,052. 



The average price during these years has varied very 

 considerably, but on the whole has tended to improve, 



