1184 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONEE OF FISH AND FISHEEIES. 



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2.— THE FISHERIES OF NOVA SCOTIA IN 1882 



By Wakefield G. Frye, Consul- General. 



Of the total production of the fisheries in the Dominion of Canada in 

 1881, the value of which is officially stated to have been no less than 

 $15,817,162, the product of Nova Scotia for that year was $6,214,781, or 

 fully 39 per cent of the whole. The principal kinds of fish, and their 

 values, were as follows : 



Kind. 



Codfish.. 

 Herring . 

 Mackerel 

 Haddock 



Hake 



Pollock . . 

 Alewives 



Value. 



$2, 477, 873 

 809, 907 

 639, 723 

 406, 560 

 258, 597 

 110, 453 

 89, 896 



Kind. 



Shad •- 



Halibnt 



Salmon (including salted, smoked, 

 &c.) 



Total 



Value. 



$75, 168 

 43, 102 



37, 851 



4, 949, 130 



The production for the past year is reported to have been considerably 

 less than for 1881, but prices have been higher, especially in the West 

 Indies, and the fish market has been active. 



Provision for the payment of a fishing bounty was made during the 

 past year by the Dominion Government, as follows : A bounty of $2 

 per ton will be paid to Canadian vessels of 10 tons and upwards, having 

 been engaged during three months of the current year in the catch of sea- 

 fish not exempted under the Washington treaty, one-half of such bounty 

 being payable to the owner and the other half to the crew, payment to 

 any vessel not to exceed $160. Fishing boats under 10 tons engaged 

 in fishing for a similar period, and having caught not less than 2,500 

 pounds of sea-fish pei' man, are also entitled to a bounty of $2.50 per 

 man, one-fifth of this being payable to the owner and four-fifths to the 

 men. 



United States Consulate-General, 



Halifax, N. 8., January 22, 1883. 



3.— THE FISHERIES OF PICTOU, NOVA SCOTIA. 



By E. Johnson, Consul. 



According to the consular invoices, the value of canned lobsters ex- 

 ported to the United States was $50,781.25, while, according to the 

 custom-house report, it was a little less. A considerable share of this 

 trade, however, went through Halifax. This can be inferred from the 

 fact that the total sale of canned lobsters to the United States from 

 Kova Scotia in 1882 was 2,507,501 pounds, worth $232,274. One-half 

 or more of this was the produce of the consular district of Pictou. The 



