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said to have been 29,500 hundredweight. The catch in 
some of the later years may be given: — 
In 1814. : ‘ ; . 44,650 hundredweight 
1821 . ‘ ° : . 49,652 hundredweight 
1823. : ‘ . . 40,399 hundredweight 
1824. ; ‘ : . 42,240 hundredweight 
In 1845 two hundred vessels from Newfoundland, mostly 
from Conception Bay, went to Labrador; they are reported 
to have employed five thousand men. In 1851 it was 
estimated that seven hundred vessels went to the Labra- 
dor from Newfoundland, carrying from ten to fifteen thou- 
sand men; their catch was computed to be between one 
hundred and sixty thousand and one hundred and eighty 
thousand hundredweight. Harvey states that in 1880 
from one thousand to twelve hundred schooners carrying 
over thirty thousand people went to Labrador; of these 
about one hundred vessels were from Canada. 
Prior to 1860 no accurate account was kept as to the 
annual takings in Labrador. The trade report issued by 
His Excellency, Sir William MacGregor, in 1906, states that 
for the thirty years preceding the average annual export 
of dry codfish from the whole colony of Newfoundland has 
been 1,246,664 quintals (hundredweight) at an average 
value of $4,830,079. The report shows the average annual 
export direct from Labrador in various periods to have 
totalled as follows: — 
1860-64 . ; : . 192,051 hundredweight 
1865-66. ‘ : . 197,885 hundredweight 
1873-77. : : . 300,854 hundredweight 
1878-82 . : : .  3871,681 hundredweight 
1885-89 . é ; . 216,434 hundredweight 
