FISHERIES OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC 121 



80 tons, manned by from 10 to 18 men each, and they anchor- 

 ed quite close to the shore. 



The Rev. Mr. Painchaud, who had resided for eight years 

 as a missionary at the Baie des Chaleurs, endorsed, in the 

 strongest possible manner, the complaints which were cur- 

 rent in 1823 concerning the injury to the fisheries of the Gulf 

 caused by American fishermen. 



THE FISHERIES OF A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 



There are still in existence partial statements of the 

 amount of fish exported from Quebec, Gaspe and New Carlisle 

 during the early years of the last century. 1 



Amongst the exports from Gaspe in 1811 were 11,552 

 quintals of cod fish ; in 1812, 500 quintals ; in 1813, 8,585 ; 

 in 1815, 13,581 ; in 1816, 12,171 ; in 1817, 10,235; in 1818, 

 13,089 ; in 1819, 20,523. 



From New Carlisle in 1811, 15,139; in 1812, 7,810; 

 in 1813, 12,904; in 1815, 17,330 ; in 1816, 32,206; in 1817, 

 17,951 ; in 1818, 17,253 ; in 1819, 24,433, 



In the year 1820 the exports from Quebec were 2,044 

 casks of dry codfish, 191 boxes of the same, and 455 quintals. 



Gaspe exported in 1820, 114 casks and 15,799 quintals of 

 dry codfish, 8 barrels of salmon, 44 of codsounds, 24 of her- 

 rings, and 11 of trout. From the same port in 1821 the ship- 

 ments of codfish were 224 casks and 24,048 quintals, of sal- 

 mon 62 barrels, of green fish 121 barrels, and of herrings, 25. 

 In 1822 the shipments were 200 casks and 8,323 quintals of 

 codfish. 



The shipments from New Carlisle were 27,652 quintals 

 of codfish in 1820, 20,556 in 1821, and 22,356 in 1822. Of 

 herring New Carlisle shipped 542 barrels in 1820, 991 in 

 1821, and 205 in 1822. 



Most of the fish referred to above as exported from Que- 

 bec came from the district of Gaspe. From that section of 

 country, large shipments were received for both export and 



See the Journals of the House of Assembly. 



