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LABRADOR 



1890-94 .... 257,314 hundredweight 



1895-99 .... 220,150 hundredweight 



1900-04 .... 219,948 hundredweight 



1905-06 .... 296,553 hundredweight 



Besides the fish exported directly each year, an average 

 of three hundred and fifty thousand quintals is carried from 

 Labrador to Newfoundland and exported thence. This 

 gives a mean annual output from Labrador of about six 

 hundred thousand quintals. In 1906 and 1907 the figures 

 are: 



GRAND TOTAL 



In 1905, 342,219 quintals, valued at $1,237,329, were 

 exported direct from the Labrador. In 1907 the entire 

 export of dried codfish from Newfoundland and Labrador 

 amounted to 1,422,445 quintals, valued at $7,873,172. 

 The total product of the fisheries for the colony in that year 

 was valued at $10,058,052. 



The average price during these years has varied very 

 considerably, but on the whole has tended to improve, 



