Return showing aggregate naval expenditure on seagoing force, aggregate revenue, aggregate tonnage of mercantile marine, etc.-Continued. [NOTE.-Where it has not been possible to give the particulars for 1896, the figures for the latest year available have been shown.] France Italy. a Budget estimates. a1 Exclusive of receipts from loans and Treasury notes. a2 Calculated on the value of the yen in 1895. b Total trade. Imports and exports by sea are not separately distinguished in the respective trade volumes. c Including silver bullion only. c1 Navigazione di Cabotaggio e di Scalo. d Excluding bullion and specie. e Including coasting trade, exclusive of Hungary. f These figures are stated to be provisional only and subject to rectification. g Registered for over-sea (i. e., foreign) trade only. Exclusive of the vessels engaged in the Lake trade between the United States and Canada, the tonnage of which amounted to 3,595,795 tons. k Vessels of foreign (i. e., non-Chinese) type only belonging to Chinese owners and sailing under the Chinese flag. 7 Coasting trade between the treaty ports of China. m Including tea carried overland from Tientsin to Russia, via Kiakhta. n Vessels of foreign type only, excluding junks. p Total exports. Exports by sea not separately distinguished in the Chilean trade volume. s Metric tons of 2,204 pounds. The particulars as to value of trade by sea are not available from the Dutch trade volumes. t Special trade-i. e., imports for home consumption or exports of domestic produce and manufacture, as the case may be. v From the Almanach de Gotha for 1897. w From the Almanach de Gotha for 1894 and 1895, the figures being 59,903,422 paper pesos (at ls.) and £1,426,335. x Trade by European frontier and with Finland. ข This sum is stated to be not sufficiently authenticated. NOTE.-With regard to the revenue of foreign countries, in converting the foreign currencies into pounds sterling the par value of the foreign money has been taken, except in the case of Japan (see a1), and in that of Chile (see note w), as also in that of Argentine, where the paper pesos have been converted into their equivalent in gold. The particulars given for the imports and exports of foreign countries by sea are usually exclusive of transshipment trade. NOTE.-The above particulars, with the exception of those for naval expenditure, which have been furnished by the admiralty, have been extracted either from board of trade returns or from the official returns of the various countries in the possession of the board of trade, except in the cases mentioned. (See notes v and w.) COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADE, August 6, 1897 A. E. BATEMAN. APPENDIX F. FISHERIES. Following are statements bearing on the deep-sea fisheries of the United States, Canada, Japan, and Germany. They comprise: 1. Statements and statistics furnished by the United States Fish Commissioner concerning American fisheries. 2. Statements and statistics of the Canadian minister of marine and fisheries concerning Dominion fisheries, with British bounty law. 3. Japanese law to encourage deep-sea fishing. Statistics are not available. 4. Statement concerning sea fisheries of Germany. 1. AMERICAN FISHERIES. The following statement of the number of fishermen in the United States for 1898 is furnished by the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, prefaced by the remark: 66 'No canvass of the Pacific coast fisheries has been made since 1895. The number of vessel fishermen given for that year, 2,058, should, however, be reduced to 1,406, as the fur-seal fishery, abolished by Congress in 1897, reduced the number of men in the deep-sea fishery by 717. The number of boat fishermen for the Pacific coast necessarily remains unchanged. The figures relating to fishermen on the Great Lakes remain unchanged, no complete canvass of the fisheries of the Lakes having been made since 1893. "For the Atlantic coast certain changes are necessary, as a new canvass of the fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf States has just been made. A canvass of the Middle and North Atlantic States is in progress, but the figures are not yet available. As to deep-sea fishermen of the North Atlantic, the distinction is somewhat arbitrary, as some very small vessels engaged in the lobster fishery frequently engage in the cod fishery." Coast and Great Lakes fishermen of the United States, 1898. Deep-sea fishermen (including whale, cod, mackerel, and halibut): 1,341 8,007 9, 348 1,341 33, 411 1,063 2,081 37,896 11, 439 12, 295 54, 906 13, 459 80, 660 7,465 9,099 108, 663 2. CANADIAN FISHING BOUNTIES. The following is an extract from the report of the Canadian minister of marine and fisheries for 1897: The payments_made for this service are under the authority of act 54-55 Vic., cap. 42, intituled: “An act to encourage the development of the sea fisheries and the building of fishing vessels," which provides for the payment of the sum of $160,000 annually, under regulations to be made from time to time by the governorgeneral in council. The total number of claims received for the year 1895 was 14,727, being an increase of 231 as compared with 1894. The total number of claims paid during the year was 14,780, an increase of 430 as compared with the previous year. The total amount of bounties paid in 1895 was $163,567.99, of which $76,182.99 was paid to vessels and $87,385 to boats. The number of vessels which received bounty in 1895 was 907, with a tonnage of 30,156 tons, being an increase of 8 vessels and 572 tons as compared with 1894. The number of boats on which bounty was paid was 13,873, and the number of boat fishermen who received bounty was 24,558, being an increase of 522 boats and 1,426 fishermen as compared with the previous year. FISHING-BOUNTY REGULATIONS. The following regulations established by order in council No. 2533, on the 24th of August, 1894, govern the payment of the bounty: 1. Fishermen who have been engaged in deep-sea fishing for fish other than shellfish, salmon, and shad, or fish taken in river or mouths of rivers, for at least three months, and have caught not less than 2,500 pounds of sea fish, shall be entitled to a bounty; provided always that no bounty shall be paid to men fishing in boats measuring less then 13 feet keel, and not more than three men (the owner included) will be allowed as claimants in boats under 20 feet. 2. No bounty shall be paid upon fish caught in trap nets, pound nets, and weirs, nor upon fish caught in gill nets fished by persons who are pursuing other occupations than fishing, and who devote merely an hour or two daily to fishing these nets and are not, as fishermen, steadily engaged in fishing. 3. Only one claim will be allowed in each season, even though the claimant may have fished in two vessels, or in a vessel and a boat or in two boats. 4. The owners of boats measuring not less than 13 feet keel which have been engaged during a period of not less than three months in deep-sea fishing for fish other than shellfish, salmon, or shad, or fish taken in rivers or mouths of rivers, shall be entitled to a bounty on each such boat. 5. Canadian registered vessels of 10 tons and upward (up to 80 tons) which have been exclusively engaged during a period of not less than three months in the catch of sea fish other than shellfish, salmon, or shad, or fish taken in rivers or mouths of rivers, shall be entitled to a bounty, to be calculated on the registered tonnage, one-half of which bounty shall be payable to the owner or owners and the other half to the crew, except in cases where one or more of the crew shall have failed to comply with the regulations, then such share or shares shall not be paid. 6. The three months during which a vessel must have been engaged in fishing to be entitled to bounty shall commence on the day the vessel sails from port on her fishing voyage and end the day she returns to port from said voyage. 7. Owners or masters of vessels intending to fish and claim bounty on their vessels must, before proceeding on a fishing voyage, procure a license from the nearest collector of customs or fishery overseer, said license to be attached to the claim when sent in for payment. 8. Dates and localities of fishing must be stated in the claim, as well as the quantity and kinds of sea fish caught. 9. Ages of men must be given. Boys under 14 years of age are not eligible as claimants. 10. Claims must be sworn to as true and correct in all their particulars. 11. Claims must be filed on or before the 30th of November in each year. 12. Officers authorized to receive claims will supply the requisite blanks free of charge, and after certifying the same will transmit them to the department of marine and fisheries. 13. No claim in which an error has been made by the claimant or claimants shall be amended after it has been signed and sworn to as correct. 14. Any person or persons detected making returns that are false or fraudulent in any particular will be debarred from any further participation in the bounty and be prosecuted according to the utmost rigor of the law. 15. The amount of the bounty to be paid to fishermen and owners of boats and vessels will be fixed from time to time by the governor in council. 16. From and after 1st January, 1895, all vessels fishing under bounty license are required to carry a distinguishing flag, which must be shown at all times during the fishing voyage at the main topmast head. The flag must be 4 feet square, in equal parts of red and white, joined diagonally from corner to corner. Any case of neglect to carry out this regulation reported to the department of marine and fisheries will entail the loss of the bounty unless satisfactory reasons are given for its noncompliance. The following particulars in connection with bounty payments show: 1. That the bounty was established in 1882. 2. The number of claims and fishermen paid per year are as follows: 3. The amount of bounty paid per year is as follows: Total amount of bounty paid. 2, 210, 016. 16 4. The proportion of bounty paid per head, on the basis of payments for each year: In 1882 vessels were paid at the rate of $2 per ton, one-half being payable to the owner and the other half to the crew. Boats were paid on the basis of $5 per man, one-fifth of which went to the owner and four-fifths to the men. In 1883 the rate to vessels was $2 per ton, and paid as in 1882. The basis of payment to boats was $2.50 per man, one-fifth of which was paid to the owner and four-fifths to the men. In 1884 vessels were paid $2 per ton, as in 1882 and 1883, and owners of boats were paid as follows: On boats from 14 feet keel to 18 feet keel. On boats from 13 feet keel to 25 feet keel. On boats from 25 feet keel upward.. Boat fishermen, each $1.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 In 1885 vessels were paid $2 per ton, as in previous years. The rate to boats was the same as in 1884, with the admission of boats measuring 13 feet keel. Boat fishermen, $3 each. In 1886 and 1887 the rate to vessels and boats remained the same as in 1885. In 1888 vessels were paid at the rate of $1.50 per ton, one-half to the owner and one-half to the crew, as formerly. Boats remained the same as in 1885, 1886, and 1887, and boat fishermen $3 each. In 1889 the rate to vessels remained the same as in 1888. Owners of boats were paid $1 per boat and boat fishermen $3 per man. These rates also formed the basis of payments for the years 1890 and 1891. In 1892 vessels were paid at the rate of $3 per ton, divided between the owners and the crew in accordance with the regulations. Owners of boats were paid $1 per boat and boat fishermen $3 each. |