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Table showing the quantity of products of the Chinese shrimp fishery of San 

 Francisco Bay exported to China during the period from 1890 to 1898. 





1890. 



1891. 



1892. 



Months. 



Fish. 



Shrimp. 



Shrimp 

 shells. 



Fish. 



Shrimp. 



Shrimp 

 shells. 



Fish. 



Shrimp. 



Shrimp 

 shells. 



January 



February 



Lbs. 



4,260 



8,403 



4,325 



13,181 



1,335 



138, 737 



71,091 



87,579 



24,184 



29,286 



8,921 



Lbs. 



5,832 



8,789 



3,407 



17, 792 



39,935 



208,310 



106,307 



131,240 



116, 785 



45,457 



95,339 



7,630 



Lbs. 



278,705 



843,215 



72,322 



58, 530 



156,595 



417, 172 



238,224 



82,977 



12,620 



37,894 



7,600 



Lbs. 



850 



8,567 



8,210 



57, 537 



38,338 



231, 489 



112,249 



69, 105 



77,542 



80,000 



Lbs. 



13,192 



39,736 



1,580 



83,329 



93,328 



91,750 



188, 408 



104,919 



210,306 



150, 800 



23,800 



106,200 



Lbs. 

 257,567 



790, 788 



333, 354 



235, 313 



236,396 



285, 127 



304,520 



38,753 



39,153 



36,000 



Lbs. 

 3,900 



Lbs. 



16,800 



33,400 



43,400 



83,000 



51,200 



79,000 



128,400 



80,4(X) 



168,600 



167,400 



77,000 



47,800 



Lbs. 

 179, 100 

 679,500 

 589,800 

 304,800 

 159 700 



March 



April 



May 



? 62, 600 



3,500 



1,967 



81,200 



114,310 



100,200 



104,800 



23,200 



June 



July 



262,800 

 334,500 



August 



September.. 



October 



November 



174,300 

 59,400 

 39,300 

 17,100 



109,500 



December 



900 



189,300 



1,400 





391,302 







Total.. 



786,823 



2,205,854 



684, 787 



1,107,348 



2,746,271 



697,077 



976,400 



2,909,800 



Months. 



January ... 

 February . . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 



October 



November . 

 December . 



Total. 



1893. 



Fish. 



Lbs. 



120,400 



32,200 



36,800 



8,600 



600 

 5,000 



203,600 



Shrimp. 



Lbs. 

 72,200 

 2,000 

 27,200 

 50,600 

 42,200 

 69,400 

 50,200 

 50,600 

 81,800 

 100,200 

 53,000 

 18,200 



617,600 



Shrimp 

 shells. 



Lbs. 



47,700 

 491,100 

 617, 700 

 168,200 

 138,400 

 175,200 

 190,200 

 241,200 



207, oai 



56,100 

 53,700 

 27,900 



2,412,400 



1894. 



Fish. 



Lbs. 



76,600 

 21,600 

 71,400 

 207,200 

 80,600 

 55,600 



513, 000 



Shrimp. 



Lbs. 

 13,400 

 6,800 

 53,800 

 57,400 

 60,200 

 60,400 

 55,600 

 40, 800 

 63,400 

 40,200 



116,200 

 31,600 



599,800 



Shrimp 

 shells. 



Lbs. 



278, 700 



243,600 



433,500 



210,300 



167, 400 



175, 800 



233,100 



112,500 



17,400 



5,700 



6,600 



1,884,600 



1895. 



Fish. 



Lbs. 



6,400 

 26,400 

 31, 800 

 1,200 

 4,600 

 15,000 

 83,600 

 19,800 



188,800 



Shrimp. 



Lbs. 

 15,400 

 15,800 

 28,000 

 63,000 

 81,200 

 82,000 

 73,400 

 83,800 

 88,800 

 53,600 

 119,000 

 74,100 



778, 100 



Shrimp 

 shells. 



Lbs. 



145,200 



96,000 



47,400 



104, 400 



112,500 



185, 100 



114,900 



170,700 



80,700 



33,900 



1,090,800 





1896. 



1897. 



1898. 



Months. 



Fish. 



Shrimp. 



Shrimp 

 shells. 



Fish. 



Shrimp. 



Shrimp 

 shells. 



Fish. 



Shrimp. 



Shrimp 

 shells. 



January 



Lbs. 

 14,800 

 15,400 

 2,500 

 47,200 

 15,200 

 54,400 

 163,600 

 46,600 

 10,800 

 13,400 

 15,600 

 19,200 



Lbs. 

 6,200 



308,200 

 19,400 

 77,400 

 19,600 

 44,600 

 83,400 

 96,000 

 85,600 



162,000 

 70,000 

 62,200 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 



66,010 



900 



600 



183, 899 



1,000 



Lbs. 

 69,130 



82, 125 



26,700 



9,400 



75,106 



Lbs. 



69,720 

 167,000 

 223,439 

 100,755 

 163,645 



Lbs. 



1,000 

 900 



2,000 

 55,000 

 11,600 

 90,000 



Lbs. 

 22.400 

 40,400 

 66,800 

 55,000 

 38,400 

 86,200 



Lbs. 

 900 



February . . . 



March 



April 



May 



16,500 



145,000 



179, 700 



90,600 



64,800 



261,000 



59,400 



37.800 



74,200 



27,300 



2,100 



1,200 



1,200 



1,500 



600 



June 



3,000 



July . . 



4,000 



9,300 



47,400 





August 



90,600 



19,600 



5,000 



98,800 

 86,400 

 21,200 

 11,000 

 42,200 



1,200 



September . 



3,600 

 29,006 



99,800 

 75,200 







October 



November. _ 



4,200 



32,700 



1,000 



December .. 



2,506 



47,429 



6,670 





1,000 









Total.. 



418,700 



1,034,600 



958,400 



291,521 



494, 190 



782,829 275,700 



568,800 



44,300 



There has been considerable local discussion respecting the bearing 

 of the shrimp fishery upon the food of important fishes frequenting 

 the same bay. The fishery can not be conducted successfully without 

 the use of small-meshed nets, which involves the taking of the young 

 of many species of fishes which are either themselves valuable fish or 

 supposed to be the food of such species. Many of these are sculpins 

 or other unimportant kinds. A careful search was made for young 

 shad, salmon, and striped bass, but none were found. The food of 

 the important fishes of this region is not yet well known. 



