212 HISTORY OP SEA-FISHERIES. 



From Canada 133,439 



New Brunswick 53,409 



Nova Scotia 450,874 



Prince Edward Island 15,231 



Newfoundland 715,072 



1,368,025 



Fish and seal oil 284,796 



Seal skins . 56,292 



1,709,013 



In products of the fisheries alone the enormous 

 sum of a million and three quarters sterling was 

 earned by the inhabitants of these colonies by 

 exporting the fruits of their industry. This is 

 irrespective of what was consumed by themselves, 

 both in the fresh and cured state. 



In the same year they imported lines, nets, 

 hooks, twine, &c., &c., of the value of <39,841, 

 and employed in Nova Scotia alone (there being 

 110 returns of vessels and men engaged in fisheries 

 of other colonies, and fish cured) 



Vessels. Boats. Men. Barrels of fish Boxes of herrings 



cured. smoked. 



900 8,816 14,322 283,333 35,557 



By comparing this last return with that of 



