284 ANIMAL FOOD RESOURCES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. 



The official statistics of the French fisheries gave as 

 the total value of the catch for — 



1876. 1878. 



Boat fishery £3,341,220 £3,239,276 



Angling or hand fisheries 218,405 239,600 



3,559,625 £3,478,878 



The aggregate quantity of codfish sent from France to 

 her colonies in the five years ending 1876, was close 

 upon 41,000,000 kilos., or over 8,800 tons per annum. 

 The shipments were less in 1877, and have been on the 

 decline since. The quantity of herrings, fresh or salted, 

 brought into French ports in 1877 was 361,574 metrical 

 quintals. The total weight of fish caught by the French 

 fishermen averages about 120,000 tons. 



The following was the weight and kinds of fish 

 obtained by the French sea fisheries, in kilogrammes, 

 in — 



1876. 1878. 



Cod, Kewfoundland 



,, Iceland 

 Herring ... 

 Mackerel... 

 Anchovy 

 Other species 



27,886,472] ;••;:; JWe? 



26,061,536 21,764,707 



11,863,478 7,368,143 



1,167,728 860,347 



42,577,902 44,134,983 



109,557,116 103,150,497 



Sardines ... No. 1,198,402,181 1,919,302,829 



In 1878 the French had 68-5 vessels engaged in the 

 Newfoundland cod fishery, employing 13,217 men, who 

 received in premiums of fifteen to fifty francs each a 

 sum of 594,120 francs (nearly £24,000). 



The shipments of cod were from the seat of the 

 fisheries — 



Kilos. 



To the French Colonies 1,689,344 



From French ports to foreign countries . .. 1,337,196 



To Algiers and Sardinia 1,879,139 



Cod roe imported 273,970 



5,179,649 



