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     delicate morsel can be extracted from those celebrated bivalves, than from those 
     
    
   
   
    
     of our own native egrowth. ’1‘ he following Census statistics compare the fisheries 
     
     of 1880 with those of 1870. _. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ 1870. I 1880. Increase. 
     
     Vessels and boats employed ................ 1 1,183 2,729 1,546 
     
     Men do . . 1,646 5,792 4,146 
     
     Quintals of cod, haddock, bake and pollock 
     
     caught ................................ 15,649 26, .92 10,743 
     
     Barrels of herring and gasperaux ............ 16,831 22,457 5,626 
     
     Barrels of macke1el ........................ 16,047 91, 792 75,745 
     
     Barrels of other fish... ................................ 706 .. .. ...... 
     
     Barrels of oysters . . . . . ............................... 175,408 ........ . . 
     
     Lbs. of canned lobsters ...................... 6,711 |,3,275 316 3,268, 605 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     “ “It will be seen by comparing the above table with that from the Fisheries 
     
     Report, 1886, that 1880 was avcry exceptional yea1 with regard to mackerel, 
     
     and it may as well be observed with regard to oysters, that, while the Fishery 
     
    
   
   
    
     table quoted gives the quantity skipped, this, from the Census, gives the quantity 
     
     caught, thus including those lor home consumption. 
     
    

    
     gApart, altogether, from their direct value, financially and industrially, to the 
     
     province itself, the Island Waters are of 1mmense importance, fai transcending their 
     
     mere extent The mackerel fisheries, in what IS known as the Neith Bay of the 
     
     Island, are consiwiered by competent authorities, worth more than those on all 
     
     the other eastern coasts of the Dominion put together. 
     
    
   
   
    
     EX PORTS. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The volume of exports from the Province is very large, and few, even of the 
     
     residents or the Island, are aware of the quantities of pro iucts annually shipped 
     
     to other countries, and of the sum of money returned to the penple therefor. pThe 
     
     following table, which has been compiled from the Customs entries, show their 
     
     value for the year ended 30th September, 1883, to have been about three millions 
     
     of dolla1s, more than double that of the year 1871 .... 
     
    
   
   
    
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     or THE VALUE or THE sxroms or THE Pnonuors or rmncs EDWARD ISLAND r01: THE 
     
     YEAR; ENDED REsrrouvsLY,31sr DECEMBER, 1871, AND 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1883. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     1871. 1882-3. 
     
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     QUANTITIES. VALUE. QUANTITIES. VALUE. 
     
     Oats ...... 1229174 bush’s. $ 511, 6351 ,525, 000 bush's. $ 610,000 
     
     Barley ....... . ...... 222’, 030 u | 18, 665 1 1,000 .1 8,000 
     
     Wheat..... .......... 31 “ 55,. 
     
     Flour and Meal ....................... . . 9, 900 Oatmeal 1,500 
     
     Potatoes ..... . .......... 355,048 “ 99, 844i], 345 ,000 “ 336, 500 
     
     Turnips.. . . . . . ..... 25,870 “ 4,560 33,000 “ 6,600 
     
     Other Vegetables. ............ . ......... 277 ............... 5,400 
     
     Starch.. ... ..........2,l40,0001bs. 64,500 
     
     Hay .................... 338 tons 5,392 380 tons. 5,500