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when they were subject again to a more serious decline 

 occasioned by the opening of the second war with Great 

 Britain. By 1814 the tonnage had fallen to the lowest 

 point recorded since the establishment of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment, 17,855 tons only being engaged in the codfishery. 

 The recovery of the industry after the return of peace in 

 1815 was very rapid, the growth being so great that in the 

 year 1818 there was a tonnage of 69,107. The tonnage 

 thus employed in the fisheries included that engaged in 

 the mackerel and codfishery, although the tonnage is given 

 under the latter industry. 1 The average yearly allowance 

 paid fishing vessels during this period of thirty years was 

 $83,075, and the total amount of allowance paid fishing 

 vessels from 1793 to 1818 inclusive was $2,166,894.33. 2 



For the eight years ending with 1798 the average annual 

 amount of dried fish exported was 394,198 quintals; for 

 the ten years ending 1808 the average exports were 

 438,453 quintals ; and for the decade ending with 1818 the 

 annual average of exports was 200,437 quintals. The total 

 exports of dried fish from 1791 to 1818 were 9,532,466 

 quintals. The total value of dried fish thus exported be- 

 tween 1803 and 1818 inclusive was $17,983,000, and the 

 value per quintal during these years was a little above five 

 dollars. At the same rate per quintal, the total value of 

 exported dried fish from 1791 to 1818 inclusive exceeded 

 $49,000,000. 



The statistics of pickled fish, which consisted in part of 



1 The average tonnage employed in these fisheries for the decade 

 1789-1798 was 34,024; for 1799-1808, it was 48,208; for 1809-1818, 

 it was 40,071. The average for the period was 40,768 tons. The 

 average yearly allowance paid on vessels engaged in the codfishery 

 for the six years, 1793-1798, was $80,840; for the decade, 1799 to 

 1808, the average was $127,787; and for the six years of the decade 

 ending with 1818 (there were no allowances paid in 1811, 1812, 

 1813, and 1814), the average was $67,659, or $40,595 for the decade. 



2 Niles' Reg., X, pp. 226-227. Sabine, p. 176. 



