172 Newfoundland. 



The products of the Seal Fishery include the Skins and Oil. The former are exported in 

 a salted state to Britain, where they are tanned or used by furriers. The Seal Oil, extracted by 

 steam process, is sent to Britain, where it is largely used in coal mines for illumination, also in 

 lighthouses. It is also used in the manufacture of the finer kinds of soap and candles. 



The following statement shows their respective quantities and values in the years named : 

 1877, Seal Skins, 451,678, $361,342 ; Seal Oil, 6,081 tuns, $754,044. 1878, Seal Skins, 409,658, 

 $286,760; Seal Oil, 5,992 tuns, $719,040. 1881, Seal Skins, 447,903, $403,112; Seal Oil, 

 4,773 tuns, $553,668. 



HERRING FISHERY. Herrings are taken all round the Island at certain seasons, but the 

 chief centres of the Herring 'Fishery are Labrador, Bonne Bay, Bay of Islands, .St. George's 

 Bay, and Fortune Bay. 



Statement showing the value of Herrings exported in the years named: 1880, $226,946; 

 1881, $269,556 ; 1882, $228,128. Total, $724,630. Average annual value of Herrings exported 

 in three years, $241,543. Average annual value of Herrings taken by the Newfoundland 

 fishermen, and sold to the French and Americans as bait or for food, $100,000. Average 

 annual value of Herrings consumed in the Colony $240,000. Average annual value of the 

 Herring Fishery $581,543, or 121,155 sterling. 



SALMON FISHERY. Statement showing the value of Salmon exported in the years named : 

 1880, $138,904; 1881, $80,348; 1882, $124,264. Total, $343,516. Average annual value in 

 three years, $114,505, or 23,855 sterling. 



LOBSTER FISHERY. Statement showing the value of Lobsters exported in the years 

 named: 1880, $95,712, 1,124,580 Ibs. 1881, $111,408, 1,346,240 Ibs. 1882, $105,432, 

 1,265,224 Ibs. Total, $312,552, 3,736,044 Ibs. Average annual value of Lobsters exported in 

 three years, $104,184 or 21,705 sterling. Average quantity taken in three years, 1,245,348 Ibs. 

 Estimated annual value of all other fish taken, $40,000. 



^RECAPITULATION. Average annual value: Cod Fishery, $6,034,242; Seal Fishery, 

 $1,026,896; Herring Fishery, $581,543; Salmon Fishery, $114,505: Lobster Fishery, 

 $104,184; all other Fish, $40,000, Total average value annually of the fisheries $7,901,370 

 or 1,646,118 sterling. 



COUNTRIES TO WHICH THE FISH ARE EXPORTED. The countries to which the bulk of the 

 dried Cod Fish is exported are the United Kingdom, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, the United 

 States, Italy, Spanish and British West Indies, and the Dominion of Canada. The products 

 of the Seal Fishery are sent almost exclusively to the United Kingdom. Lobsters are exported 

 to Britain, and Herrings chiefly to Canada and the United States. 



EXPORTS. The following statement shows the total value of the Exports of the Colony 

 for the years named: 1880, $7,131,095; 1881, $7,648,574; 1882, $8,228,291. Average value 

 of Exports for three years $7,669,320, or 1,597,775 sterling. 



In the foregoing Exports are included quantities of Copper Ore exported, the value of which 

 was as follows : 1880, $510,900 ; 1881, $596,068 ; 1882, $382,020. Average annual value of 

 Copper Ore exported in the three years $4^6,329, or 103,402 sterling. 



SHIPPING. The registered tonnage of the Colony at present is 1,895 vessels, having a 

 tonnage of 89,655 tons ; of these 1,866 are sailing vessels and 29 are steamers. In addition, 

 60 vessels were engaged in 1882 in the foreign carrying trade, which, though owned in 

 Newfoundland, were registered in Britain. 



The number of sailing vessels entered at the various ports in 1882 was 1,306 ; their tonnage 

 160,887 tons ; their crews numbered 7,840. The number of sailing vessels cleared at the various 

 ports in 1882 was 1,107; their tonnage 143,720; their crews numbered 7,200. 



The number of steamers entered at the various ports in 1882 was 191 ; their tonnage 

 150,107; their crews numbered 6,758. The number of steamers cleared at the various ports in 

 1882 was 176 ; their tonnage 147,784 ; their crews numbered 6,568. 



NUMBER OP FISHERMEN. According to the census of 1874 there were 45,845 persons 

 employed in fishing and curing fish. In 1883 there are about 52,550 thus employed, allowing 

 for the increase of the population. The number of able-bodied fishermen in the Colony in 1874 

 was 26,377 ; there are now about 30,238. 



A bounty of three dollars per ton is granted to all vessels over fifteen tons built in the 

 Colony. 



