DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES,

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REPORT OP THE UNITED STATES CONSUL.
Sub joined will be found an interesting report from the Hon. J. W. Taylor, United
States Consul at Winnipeg.
UNITED STATES CONSULATE,
WINNIPEG, 31st December, 1888.
A. MCQUEEN, Esq.,
Inspector of Fisheries,
Winnipeg.
DEAR SnI,.—In response to your request for a statement of the exportation of flsb
from this Consulate to the United States during 1888, and their distribution, I re
spectfully enclose the following tables :—
Whitefish
Pickerel or doré.
Jackfish or pike....
Tullibee,
Sturgeon
Perch.
Catfish
Total
1.—Exportation from Winnipeg.
The distribution of the exportation was as follows : —
Detroit, fresh fish.
do preserved fish
Buffalo, fresh do
Chicago do do
do preserved do
St. Paul, fresh do
do preserved do
Minneapolis, fresh fish
do preserved fish .
Omaha, fresh fish
Kansas City, fresh fish
Lbs.
1,166,113
424,442
360,195
9,638
2,310
1,702
525
1,964,925
Lbs.
264,667
363,037
408,023
328,425
118,078
16,643
7,950
59,194
94,800
59,108
24,000
Total 1,964,925
Fish frozen naturally and shipped in bulk during winter is free of duty, being
considered "fresh fish for immediate consumption," but preserved fish, being salted
or packed in boxes with alternate layers of ice, are subject to a duty of 50 cents per
100 lbs. The respective quantities, as above stated, were: Fresh fish or the winter
export 1,312,060 lbs., and preserved fish 652,865 lbs.
2.—Exportation from Port Arthur.
Value.
$56,595 87
18,357 22
11,127 74
271 56
138 60
41 09
26 25
$86,658 33
The exportation of fish from Port Arthur, within this Consular District, oon
sisting mostly of whitefish, and distributed to Chicago, Detroit arid Buffalo, was dur..
ing 1888 :—.Fresh fish 565,126 lbs., valued at $22,746.60, and preserved fish 56,025
lbs., valued at $2,177.76.