General Introduction. 



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VALUE OF THE IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS OF THE FISHERIES INTO 

 THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 1870. 



We give the statistics of this year, as it is the latest 

 for which details have been furnished by the Board of 

 Trade. None of the minor articles are now enumerated 

 in the official trade returns : 



Fish ... 768,387 



Isinglass ... .. 83,023 



Mother-of-pearl shells ... 76,489 



Oil, cod-liver... ... 64,157 



whale 890,553 



Whale fins .. ... 79,482 



Orchella weed ... 112,693 



Pearls ... ... 16,675 



Seal-skins .. ... 270,024 



Carried forward ... 2,361,483 



Brought forward ... 

 Sponge 



Tortoise and turtle shell 

 Coral, rough ... 

 ,, beads ... 

 Cowries 

 Caviare 

 Guano 



2,361,483 



160,162 



33.926 



5,681 



9,917 



6,347 



1,670 



3,476,680 



6,055,866 



If we could trace the wealth of nations arising from 

 their fisheries, it would be found to be beyond calculation. 



The following gives the foreign trade in fish of different 

 countries : 



Russia : Imports, 1874 Herrings 



Exports Caviare 

 Norway : Exports, 1874 



Anchovies 



Dried fish 



Fresh fish 



Spring herrings .. 



Other herrings 



Klipfish (dried cod) 



Other salted fish ... 



Lobsters 



Seal skin- 

 Train oil 

 Sweden: Imports, 1874 



Herrings 



cubic feet 1,163,560 



