1 8 The Commercial Products of the Sea. 



Francs. 



Brought forward ... 43,813,200 



Other species .. ... ... 25,878,896 



Oysters ... ........ i,95 6 >334 



Mussels... ... ... ... 817,211 



Other shell-fish .. ... ... 485,478 



Crustaceans ... ... ... 2,285,458 



Line fishery ... ... ... 3,094,787 



Besides seaweed and sand as officially valued at 60,000. 



The French fisheries gave employment to the follow- 

 ing : 



Cod fishery of 

 Newfoundland 



and Iceland. Coast fishery. 



Vessels and boats ... 420 1 9,585 



Tonnage ... ... 54,622 101,488 



Men employed ... 11,965 65,501 



Out of a gross return of 80,000,000 francs the coast 

 fisheries brought in over 63,000,000 francs. 



Both in the home and foreign fisheries many improve- 

 ments have been carried out of late years in boats, nets, 

 and appliances. In 1873 a great improvement was effected 

 in France by the introduction of capstans worked by steam 

 for hauling in the nets. Steam vessels are also now 

 employed in fishing operations at Teste, Rochelle, and 

 other ports. 



The sale of fish in the Paris markets in 1854 was to the 

 value of 7,500,000 francs (,300,000), of which about 

 1,000,000 francs was for fresh-water fish. In 1860 the sales 

 reached about 10,000,000 francs. Paris consumed the 

 following quantities of fresh-water fish, etc. : 



854. 1877- 



Ibs. Ibs. 



Eels ......... 230,440 ...... 328,000 



Barbel ......... 23,870 ...... 23,826 



Bream ......... 34*i6o ...... 94.176 



Pike ... 325,840 ...... 354,232 



Carried forward ... 800,234 



