182 REPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The following statement respecting the quantity and value of 

 mother-of-pearl shell from the Tuamotu Archipelago, exported from 

 Tahiti during the period from 1873 to 1898 was secured with the assist- 

 ance of Mr. J. L. Doty, consul of the United States at Tahiti: 



Quantity and value of mother-of-pearl shell from the Tuamotu Archipelago, 

 exported from Tahiti from 1873 to 1898. 



Year. 



1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884, 

 1885 





Value in 



Tons. 



United 

 States 





coin. 



338 



$38,572.80 



410 



150,597.00 



240 



95,080.00 



390 



76,340.00 



234 



57,330.00 



591 



173,a54.00 



470 



138,180.00 



281 



82,614.00 



502 



196,784.00 



471 



207,711.00 



384 



169,344.00 



343 



134,456.00 



249 



75,407.00 



Year. 



1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 



Tons. 



162 

 271 

 387 

 583 

 646 

 598 

 593 

 566 

 675 

 296 

 591 

 445 

 437 



Value in 



United 



States 



coin. 



99 

 113 

 214 

 287 

 242 

 248 

 225 

 274 



91 

 289 

 238 

 181 



535.00 

 592.50 

 778.00 

 252.50 

 713. 70 

 275.00 

 140.80 

 790.00 

 640.00 

 644.30 

 955.00 

 95:3.60 

 887.60 



A more extended account of the Tuamotu pearl fishery is being pre- 

 pared, as the facts relating to it may prove of interest in connection 

 with the pearl fishery of the Philippine Islands. 



THE CHINESE SHRIMP FISHERY OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 



The fishery for shrimps has been conducted in this bay for many 

 years. The products are marketed fresh in California, or dried and 

 exported to China, together with certain dried fish also yielded by the 

 fishery. The industry is a declining one. When visiting the camps 

 and fishing grounds in 1891 the writer counted 46 boats. The number 

 from which licenses are collected at the present time is 31. The 

 export of dried shrimps is decidedly less than in former years, while 

 the quantity of dried fish exported is not great, the total amount 

 from 1890 to 1898 being a little more than 3,600,000 pounds, or about 

 equal to the export of shrimp products for any one year prior to 1894. 



The following table shows the yield and value of the shrimp fishery 

 in San Francisco Bay in 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1895, and 1898, though 

 the figures for 1898 are probably incomplete: 



Year. 



1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1895 

 1898 



Pounds. 



5,522,104 

 5,812,848 

 4,886,558 

 5,310,075 

 5,425,000 

 1, 750, 492 



Value. 



$251,637 

 264,823 

 222,451 

 341,163 

 162,759 

 93,623 



The following table shows the exports of dried shrimp, shrimp shells, 

 and dried fish from 1890 to 1898. 



