. The commercial products of the sea;. Fisheries; Seafood. 40 The Commercial P^^oducts of the Sea. The kilogramme is equal to 2\ lbs. The number of ships employed at St. Pierre and Miquelon in the cod fishery is 76, and of boats 590; the aggregate tonnage, 12,386. The number of fishermen employed in them is 5335. These figures are the average of the five years ending 1874. The imports of cod into the French colonies in 1874 were as follows :— Kilogrammes. Martinique ... ... ... 4,586,402 Guadaloupe ... ... ... 2,621,426 French Guiana ... ... ... 106,532 ... ... ... 4,069 Reunion ...
. The commercial products of the sea;. Fisheries; Seafood. 40 The Commercial P^^oducts of the Sea. The kilogramme is equal to 2\ lbs. The number of ships employed at St. Pierre and Miquelon in the cod fishery is 76, and of boats 590; the aggregate tonnage, 12,386. The number of fishermen employed in them is 5335. These figures are the average of the five years ending 1874. The imports of cod into the French colonies in 1874 were as follows :— Kilogrammes. Martinique ... ... ... 4,586,402 Guadaloupe ... ... ... 2,621,426 French Guiana ... ... ... 106,532 ... ... ... 4,069 Reunion ... ... ... 832,879 8,151,308 This shows a declining consumption, judging by the average imports for the undermentioned years in the five colonies:— Kilogrammes. 1829-183I ... ... ... 9,120,157 1832-1836 ... ... ... 9,613,200 1837-185I ... ... ... 18,031,078 1852-1873 ,.. 9,352,736. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897. London, Griffith and Farran; New York, E. P. Dutton & co
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