1902-3.] Mr Wm. Murray on Salmon in American Rivers. 473 
Saguenay River and District. 
Table showing the Catch of Salmon and Output of Fry in Saguenay 
River and District during a period of Years, (a) 
Year. 
Yield in lbs. 
(&) 
Average in lbs. 
Output of Fry. 
(d) 
Average. 
1871 . 
(c) 34,620 
1872 . 
33,120 
1873 . 
24,810 
1874 . 
24,820 
29,342-2 
1875 . 
9,810 
60,000* 
1876 . 
28,300 
150,000 
1877 . 
23,620 
1,180,000 
1878 . 
27,460 
22,2*97-2 
707,000* 
524*250 
1879 ( a ) 
18,490 
1,210,000* 
1880 . 
6,580 
.1,107,000* 
1881 (6) 
5,840 
300,000* 
1882 . 
9,690 
10,150 
600,000* 
80*4*250 
1883 (c) 
12,510 
995,000* 
1884 . 
10,810 
985,000 
1885 . 
22,580 
720,000 
1886 . 
14,790 
15,172-2 
1,627,000 
1,081*750 
1887 . 
16,720 
880,000 
1888 . 
24,600 
835,000 
1889 r 
37,900 
1,580,000 
1890 . 
60,966 
35,048 
1,670,000 
1,241,250 
1891 . 
64,940 
1,300,000 
1892 . 
(e) 48,000 
624,000 
1893 . . ' 
68,780 
2,060,000 
1894 . 
82,400 
66,030 
1,975,000* 
1,489*750 
1895 . 
76,680 
2,060,000 
1896 . 
146,820 
2,500,000 
1897 . 
46,100 
3,082,000 
1898 (d) 
108,400 
94,500 
(d) 1,950,000 
2, 39*8*000 
(a) Compiled from the Canadian Fishery Reports. 
( b ) The yields are those returned for the Saguenay division only ; possibly 
a proportion of the salmon caught in the county of Charlevoix should be 
added to the table in order to include the whole district which may have been 
influenced by artificial culture in the Saguenay. The proportion, however, 
cannot be struck, and the county of Charlevoix returns, being only about 
2000 lbs. per annum, would not, if included, materially influence the result 
of the table. 
(c) The yields for the years 1871-80 are to be found C.F.R. for 1881, p. 142, 
in numbers of fish. It is plain from C.F. Reports for 1884-5 that the 
<k numbers ” or “ pieces ” of fish returned for the year 1881 have been averaged 
by the department for comparative purposes at 10 lbs. per fish or piece ; the 
same course has therefore been adopted here in respect of returns prior to 1881. 
(d) Where an asterisk appears in this column a few of the fry may not have 
been planted within the Saguenay district. 
(e) The yields for the years 1892-96 are taken from C.F.R. 1897, p. 160. 
Other figures, differing slightly but not materially, are to be found for these 
years throughout the reports. 
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