General Introduction, 



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Value of the Imports of Products of the Fisheries into 

 THE United Kingdom in 1870. 



We give the statistics of this year, as it is the latest 

 for which details have been furnished by the Board of 

 Trade. None of the minor articles are now enumerated 

 in the official trade returns : — 



Fish 





Brought forward . . . 



;^2,36i,483 



Isinglass ... 



83,023 



Sponge 



160,162 



Mother-of-pearl shells . 



76,489 



Tortoise and turtle shell 



33^926 



Oil, cod-liver... 



64,157 



Coral, rough ... 



5,681 



whale 



890,553 



,, beads ... 



9,917 



Whale fins 



79,482 



Cowries 



6,347 



Orchella weed 



112,693 



Caviare 



1,670 



Pearls 



16,675 



Guano 



3,476,680 

 i:6,o55,866 



Seal-skins 



270,024 





Carried forward . 



. ;^2, 361,483 







If we could trace the wealth of nations arising from 

 their fisheries, it would be found to be beyond calculation. 



The following gives the foreign trade in fish of different 

 countries : — 



Russia : Imports, 1874 — Herrings 



barrels 



430,430 



Exports — Caviare 



lbs. 



106,989 



Norway : Exports, 1874 — 







Anchovies 



dunkers 



102,933 



Dried fish 



... cwt. 



383,830 



Fresh fish ... value in 



specie dollar, 4.S. 6d. 



50,836 



Spring herrings 



tonders of 3 bushels 



17,784 



Other herrings 





919,539 



Klipfish (dried cod) 



... cwt. 



599,576 



Other salted fish ... 



tonders 



69,424 



Lobsters 



thousands 



749 



Seal-skins 



No. 



95,356 



Train oil 



tonders 



103,365 



Sweden : Imports, 1874 — 







Herrings 



cubic feet 



1,163,560 



