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the nearest approach to it that I can glean from all the sources of in- 

 formation on the subject within my reach. 

 Believe me, 



Yours very truly, 



JAMES CAIRD, 



Chief Commissioner appointed to investigate the 

 state of the British sea fisheries. 



Estimated weight and value of sea fish annually caught in the 

 British seas : 



120,000 tons of White fish, at 20 per ton 



250,000 

 20,000 

 20,009 

 3,006 

 12,000 

 20,000 



Herrings, at 15 

 Mackerel, at 15 

 Sprats, at 7 IOS. 

 Pilchards, at 16 los. 

 Oysters, at ,20 los. 

 other shell fish at 5 



445,000 



The river fisheries salmon, trout, eels : 

 England 

 Ireland ... ... ... 



Scotland 



2,400,000 



3,750,000. 



300,000. 



150,000. 



50,000. 



250,000. 



100,000. 



7,000,000. 



30,000 

 330,000 

 200,000 



560,000 

 7,560,000 



Having endeavoured to give some information relative to the 

 Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales, and some further informa- 

 tion relative to the fisheries of America, Frarce, Norway, 

 and Russia, it might be both interesting and valuable to give in 

 conclusion the following statistics of the annual produce of all the 

 fisheries : 



Fisheries in Norway ... ... ... 



Fisheries in Russia, as follows : s 



Caspian Sea, with the Volga, Oural, &c., 1,837,500 



700,000 

 218,758 

 175,000 

 105,000 

 338,750 



2,000,000 



Sea of Azov 



Baltic 



White sea and Arctic Ocean ... 



Black Sea... 



Lakes and rivers of the interior of Russia 



According to the account published by Messrs. Audin 

 and Milne Edwards, the produce of the sea fisheries 

 of France is estimated at 



The fisheries of Newfoundland extend over an area of 

 about 600 miles by 200 miles, and belong to England, 

 France, and America, and are estimated to produce 

 about 270 million Ibs. amounting to 

 L 2 



3,500,000 



520,000 



1,480,000 



