246 FISHERIES. 



From the Eeport of the Fisheries of the Upper 

 Province it appears that a large portion of the fish taken 

 on the east coast of Lake Huron, from Point Edward 

 to Cape Hurd, including the Fishing Islands, is sent to 

 the United States in barrels, and paid for partly in cash 

 and partly in American goods. The fish taken at Point 

 Edward, Goderich, Cape Kich, and CoUingwood, is prin- 

 cipally packed in boxes with ice and sent by rail to 

 regular agents in Canada and the States, and is paid for 

 in cash. The remainder and far greater portion, taken 

 in Lake Superior, Georgian Bay, at the Duck, Manitou- 

 lin, Cockburn, and St. Joseph Islands, Mississisaugua 

 Straits, and Sault Ste. Marie Rapids, in fact excepting 

 only the Hudson Bay Stations and one or two others, is 

 also sent to the States and paid for with American goods, 

 paying no duties. A large quantity is also sold at the 

 fishing stations to the captains of American schooners, 

 and paid for with smuggled goods and whisky, three- 

 fourths of the fish taken in Canadian waters never 

 entering a Canadian port. 



From the Report of 1859 it appears that the Lake 

 Huron Fisheries yielded in 1856 upwards of 27,037 

 barrels J or, at 120 fish to the barrel, 3,244,520 fish. 

 The take in Lake Ontario is also equally abundant, and 

 in some cases has been even prodigious. In the above 

 Report mention is made of 47,700 White-fish (nearly 400 



