The Cod Fishery in Various Countries. 39 



fishery in Newfoundland and Iceland in the three years 

 ending with i860 was 500, of about 65,000 tons, and em- 

 ploying 14,000 to 15,000 men. 



The produce imported into France in 1 860, which was a 

 fair average of the five years previous, was as follows : — 



The codfish re-exported to the various French colonies 

 to Italy, and the Barbary States, varies from 3,000,000 to 

 9,006,000 kilogrammes. 



The average catch of cod in the French colonies of St. 

 Pierre and Miquelon, according to the official returns, was 

 for the five years ending 187 1 : — 



Kilogrammes. 

 Dried cod ... ... .,. 7,163,965 



Salted cod ... ... ... 8,261,121 



15,425,086 

 There were employed in the fishery, directly or in- 

 directly, 194 vessels, of 30,561 tons, employing 3439 men. 

 The number of boats was 6^},, and the number of fishermen 



S773- 



The number of French vessels employed in 1873 in 

 the cod fisheries was — in Newfoundland 190, of 23,035 tons, 

 and in Iceland 230 of 19,585 tons. 



The average annual produce of the French cod fishery 

 in the five years ending 1874 was : — 



Kilogrammes. 

 Dry codfish ... ... ... 6,419,538 



Green codfish ... ... ... 10,985,127 



Cod oil ... ... ... ... 449,102 



„ sounds ... ... ... 417,223 



„ roes... ... ... ... 113,415 



