168 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1885, together with the quantities obtained from the British Provinces, 

 and the amounts paid to the fishermen and received from purchasers 

 by the wholesale dealers. 



Species. 



Whitefish 



Trout „ 



Sturgeon 



Herring , 



Pike and pickerel 



Bass, crappies, sunfish, etc 



Perch 



Catfish and bull-heads 



Lawyers, suckers, etc 



Total 



Total 

 quantity 

 handled. 



Pounds. 



2, 171, 342 



3, 414, 146 



266, 000 



1, 124, 000 



1, 050, 600 



97, 200 



151, 000 



90, 600 



50, 900 



8,415,788 



Quantity 



artificially 



frozen. 



Pounds. 

 325, 701 

 682, 829 

 26, 000 

 562, 000 

 245, 120 



60, 400 

 5,000 



1, 907, 050 



Quantity of 



Irozen fish 



received 



from 

 Manitoba 

 and other 

 British pos- 

 sessions. 



Pounds. 

 19, 540 



35, 000 



54, 540 



Amount 



paid by 



dealers to 



fishermen. 



$97, 711 



136, 566 



7,980 



22, 480 



35, 018 



2,916 



3,020 



2,718 



764 



309, 173 



Amount 

 received 

 a by 

 dealers. 



$130,281 



187, 778 



10, 640 



33, 720 



49, 024 



3,888 



4,530 



4,530 



1,118 



425, 509 



In 1879 the total quantity of fresh fish handled in Chicago was 5,910,570 

 pounds. The figures in the above table, therefore, would indicate an 

 increase of 2,505,218 pounds in six years. The extent of the salt-fish 

 trade of Chicago in 1885 is shown in the following statement : 



Kinds of fish. 



No. 1 whitefish 



No. 2 whitefish 



No. 3 whitefish 



Trout and siscowet. . 

 Pike and pickerel. . . 

 Suckers, bayfish, etc 

 Herring and ciscoes. 

 All other lake fish . . 



Total 



Total pounds . 



Number of 

 half-barrels. 



45, 000 

 22, 500 



5,500 

 30, 000 



2,000 



4,250 

 35, 000 



7,000 



151, 250 

 15, 125, 000 



The prevailing wholesale prices of fresh fish in Chicago in 1885 were 

 as follows : 



Kinds of fish. 



Whitefish 



Trout 



Sturgeon 



Herring 



Pike and pickerel 



Bass, crappies, sunfisb, etc 



Perch 



Catfish and bull-heads 



Lawyers, suckers, etc 



Paid to 

 fishermen. 



Cents. 



4h 

 4 

 3 

 2 



H 



3 



2 



3 



14 



Received by 

 dealers. 



Cents. 



6 



5£ 



4 



3 



5 



4 



3 



5 



2 



Statistics. — In 1885 there were in this section 30 professional and 363 

 semi-professional fishermen, and 60 shoresmen and preparators, upon 



