PRESENT COMMERCIAL VALUE. 183 Brought forward, L .200,822 0 0 Butter.—Foreign, - - 3,119 British—7-8ths from Britain and Ireland, - - 8,487 Cwts. 11,606, at 70s. 40,621 0 0 L .241,443 0 0 This amount, together with foreign wines and salt, is about equal to one-third of the whole value of imports into Newfoundland ; the difference, about L .550,000, is made up of British manufactures. All the provisions we purchase from foreigners can be laid in equally low, with some little encouragement, from Canada . Live stock for the Newfoundland markets, is supplied by Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island . The average annual produce exported during the last three years from Newfoundland , consisted of Codfish, about 600,000 quintals, at 10s. L .300,000 0 0 Cod oil, - - 3,000 tons, at L .18 54,000 0 0 Seal oil, - - 5,000 tons, at L .20 100,000 0 0 Seal skins, - - 400,000, at Is. 20,000 0 0 Salmon, furs, &c...... 20,000 0 0 L .494,000 0 0 Value of produce from Labrador exported direct, and from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia,......278,400 0 0 Present annual value of the and Labrador fisheries, ... L .772,400 0 0 With the exception of the amount which is paid to foreigners for provisions, the whole of the above