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various canneries and fish-houses, etc., on shore, in the 

 preparation of the fish for market. From this it will be seen 

 that almost 100,000 people were directly employed in this 

 great industry. 



Gasoline engines are being freely used as a means of 

 propulsion for boats in the inshore and inland fisheries. 

 During the year under review, there were 4,588 fishing boats 

 using such engines. The following table shows the value 

 produced by the fisheries of each province, in its respective 

 order of rank, with the increase or decrease as compared with 

 the year 1900-10. 



Value 



Provinces. Produced. Increase. Decrease. 



Nova Scotia $10,119,243 00 $2,038,131 44 



British Columbia 9,163,23500 $1,151,52050 



New Brunswick 4,134,14400 542,17125 



Ontario 2,02(5,12100 151,69200 



Quebec 1,692,47500 115,96165 



Manitoba 1,302,77900 299,39400 



Prince Edward Island 1,153,70800 43,84859 



Saskatchawan 172,90300 67700 



Yukon 118,36500 4,71107 



Alberta 82,46000 10220 



Totals $29,965,433 00 $2,342,236 51 $2,005,973 19 



Net Increase $336,26332 



Nova Scotia, it will thus be seen, has again taken its 

 place at the head of the list of fish-producing provinces, 

 with a phenomenal increase over the previous year. 



The value of the British Columbia fisheries, although 

 it shows quite a large decrease from that of the year before, 

 is yet $2,698,197 ahead of that of the year 1908-9. Unfor- 

 tunately, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Quebec 

 have again fallen behind. 



The following table shows the relative values of the 

 principal commercial fishes returning $100,000 and upwards, 

 in their order of rank for the year 1910-11, with the amount 

 of increase or decrease when compared with the values for 

 thi year 1909-10. 



