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and included the following items: Rice, 25.920 pounds; flour, 6,912 barrels; sugar, 128,640 pounds; 

 molasses, 29,376 gallons; beef, 4,104 barrels; pork, 864 barrels; pork shoulders, 1,512 barrels; 

 lard, 13,072 pounds; butter, 210,248 pounds; beans, 1,720 bushels; peas. 864 bushels; dried apples, 

 64,800 pounds; potatoes, 35,826 bushels; ouious, 2,592 bushels; beets, 1,296 bushels; turnips, 

 1,728 bushels; cabbages, &c., $12,960 worth; vinegar, 2,592 gallons; fresh beef, 86,400 pounds. It 

 is estimated that 1,262,888 pounds of cotton were used in sails and fishing-lines on the Gloucester 

 fleet in 1879. 



THE GLOUCESTER FISHERIES, 1870 AND 1871. The United States census report gave the 

 following items concerning the Gloucester fisheries for the year ending June 30, 1870: 



The whole number of industrial pursuits was.160, of which number 48 were engaged in the 

 fishing business; capital invested, $2,357,700; number of men employed, 4,029 ; amount of wages 

 paid, $1,410,923; number hogsheads of salt used, 54,890; value of salt used, $158,246; number of 

 barrels, 109,032; value of barrels, $110,004; value of bait, $236,011; number of quintals codfish, 

 189,033; value of codfish, $1,243,776; number of barrels mackerel, 85,834; value of mackerel, 

 $1,186,009 ; number of barrels oil, 3,113 ; value of oil, $78,457 ; value of other fish, $330,128 ; total 

 value of fish products, $2,838,370. 



The report of the town clerk gives the following concerning the fishing business of Gloucester 

 for the year ending December 31, 1870 : 



The whole number of schooners and boats fitted for fishing was 471. The value of the 

 products of the fisheries was $3,613,105, estimated as follows, from custom-house returns and fish 

 inspector's report: 210,000 quintals codfish, valued at $1,260,000; 129,595^ barrels mackerel, 

 $1,814,330; 12,000 barrels herring, $72,000; 6,560,000 pounds fresh fish, $262,400; 26,000 quintals 

 other fish, $78,000; 120,000 gallons oil, $90,000; 18,000 barrels shell fish, $18,000; miscellaneous, 

 $18,375; total, $3,613,105." 



For the year ending December 31, 1871, the town clerk gives the following statistics: 



"The whole number of schooners and boats fitted for fishing was 465. The value of the pro- 

 ducts of the fisheries was $2,918,022, estimated as follows, as compiled from the custom-house 

 returns, fish inspector's reports, and other sources: 303,055 quintals codfish, valued at $1,363,747; 

 33,250 quintals other fish, at $66,500; 7,836,500 pounds fresh fish, $225,095 ; 160,000 gallons oil, 

 $96,000; 107,008 barrels mackerel, $1,070,080; 15,000 barrels herring, $52,000; 18,000 barrels shell 

 fish, $18,000; miscellaneous, $26,600; total, $2,918,022." 



THE FISHERIES IN 1872. The Gloucester Telegraph gives the following figures of the fishing 

 industry of the town for the year ended November 15, 1872: 



" In the herring fishery 18 vessels made trips to Newfoundland, 24 to Grand Menan (5 

 making two and 5 making three trips each) and 2 to Bay of Islands. One man was lost over- 

 board. During the previous year 59 vessels made herring trips, and 2 vessels were lost. 



"The winter haddock fishery was but partially successful, owing to unfavorable weather in 

 February and March. One vessel was lost. 



"The Bank fishery (exclusis'e of George's) employed 101 vessels (against 81 the previous year) 

 ami 339 fares were landed, an increase of one-third over the previous year. Four vessels and 49 

 lives were lost. Last year the loss was 4 vessels and 24 lives. 



"The George's fishery employed 182 vessels, and the receipts were 800 fares, an increase of 48 

 over the previous year. One vessel and 11 lives were lost against 10 vessels and 97 lives in 1871. 



"The Bank and George's fisheries were uniformly successful. 



"The Greenland fishery employed 6 vessels (two more than the previous year) all of which 

 were successful and free from disaster. 



