FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 



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The Wholesale Trade. — The wholesale fishery trade of Lake Ontario is confined 

 to Cape Vincent and North Fair Haven, there being one firm in each place. These 

 firms had $10,300 invested in property, $20,200 cash capital, and paid out $6,000 in 

 wages. They handled 1,230,920 pounds of fish, with a value of $93,999. Nearly all 

 of these fish were imported from Canada. The items, " persons," " property " and 

 " cash capital " in connection with the wholesale trade have been included in the 

 fishery tables accompanying this report. 



Imports of Canadian Fish. — An important feature is the importation of fish 

 from Canada through the various custom houses located on Lake Ontario. This 

 business does not, of course, appear in the regular fishery tables, and is given here 

 solely for the purpose of showing to what extent Canadian-caught fish figures in 

 our markets. The following table shows the importations during the calendar year 

 1899. Although Niagara Falls is not on Lake Ontario it is shown here for conve- 

 nience sake. 



Imports Through Custom Houses on Lake Ontario of Canadian Fish in 1899. 





FREE 



DUTIABLE 



PLACES 



POUNDS 



ENTERED 

 VALUE 



POUNDS 



ENTERED 

 VALUE 



DUTY 



Cape Vincent, 

 North Fair Haven, 

 Sodus Point, - 

 Pultneyville, 

 Rochester, 

 Niagara Falls, 



1 7,298 



$589 



963,527 

 20,375 



2,597 



2,545 



27,289 



1,617,308 



$38,601 

 367 



52 



914 



5I,l6o 



$4,l6l 15 



5° 93 

 6 49 



8 57 

 68 23 



4,043 00 



Total, 



17,298 



$589 



2,633,641 



$91,094 



$8,338 37 



Niagara River. 



In this river the State of New York has wisely confined fishing largely to hand 

 lining for game fish, as the use of nets, etc., in such a narrow stream would prove 

 very destructive. Some years ago " fishing machines," or traps, were used in the 

 river below the falls, but in the course of time they were forbidden by both Canada 

 and New York. About three years ago Canadian fishermen were permitted to 

 resume this manner of fishing, and as a result of the protests entered by the New 



