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HISTOliY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



clays after their arrival the purchaser comes aboard with scales and proceeds to weigh the cargo 

 alive, changing them from one car to another across the scales. The expenses per smack in Havana 

 amount to nearly $100, arid the other expenses per trip from $50 to $100. 



The manifests are made out by the party who clears the smack, generally the owners or agents, 

 then taken to the custom-house to be recorded and signed by the officials there. It is made out 

 in the following form : 



CLEARED BY FOGARTY & JOHNSON. 



Report and manifest of Hi e ctmjo laden nt flic, port of Key West, Fla., on board the American schooner Mary Matilda, whereof 



H. Taylor is master (or conductor'), bound for Havana, Cuba. 



Siguature of 



Collector of Customs. 



