FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 



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Wholesale Trade, Etc. — A considerable wholesale trade in fishery products is 

 carried on at Buffalo, Dunkirk and Barcelona. In Buffalo 3 firms, employing 68 

 persons, with property valued at $117,150, and cash capital to the amount of $75,000, 

 handled 7,568,095 pounds of fresh and salted fish, with a value of $192,772. These 

 firms paid in wages $46,872. 



At Dunkirk and Barcelona 4 firms, employing 27 persons, were engaged in the 

 business. They had property valued at $3,650, a cash capital of $12,500, and paid 

 in wages $3,900. The total quantity of fish sold amounted to 1,843,179 pounds, 

 valued at $43,946. 



Three firms in Buffalo engaged in the smoking of eels, herring, sturgeon and 

 trout. These firms employed 7 persons, had property and accessories valued at 

 $2,370, cash capital of $11,500, and paid in wages $1,870. They used 471,350 pounds 

 of fresh fish valued at $24,408. The smoked product amounted to 336,925 pounds, 

 which sold for $37,697. 



All of the above statistics, with the exception of wages and products, have 

 already been shown in the tables accompanying this report. 



Imports of Canadian Fish. — On the New York portion of the lake fish were only 

 imported through the custom house at Buffalo. The following table shows the 

 quantity imported, the estimated value, and the duty paid during the calendar year 

 1899: 



VARIETIES 



POUNDS 



ENTERED 



VALUE 



DUTY 



Salt fish, - 



Fresh fish, 



Skinned and boned fish, 



Canned fish, etc., 



Total, - 



43, 8 77 



6,669,004 



152,080 



195 



6,865,156 



¥1,729 

 223,841 



5,505 

 16 



£231,091 



$429 08 



^,673 03 



1,901 14 



6 40 



519,009 65 



