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three years' mackerel- fishing, the time actually engaged being eight 

 months each year, as follows: 1880, $16,700; 1881, $24,600; 1882, 

 $31,229 ;, total $75,539. Capt. Eben Lewis, in schooner Nellie N. Eowe, 

 is probably second, but as no reliable statement of his stock has been 

 made and it is estimated by the fishermen at figures ranging from 

 $27,000 to $31,000, it is difficult to tell what his stock really is. The 

 following vessels have stocked upwards of $15,000 in the mackerel fish- 

 ery this season from this port : 



" Schooner Edward E.Webster, Capt. Solomon Jacobs; net stock, 

 $31,229 ; crew shared $969.75. 



''Schooner Nellie 5T. Rowe, Capt. Eben Lewis; no definite figures 

 given. 



" Schooner Col. J. H. French, Capt. John Chisholm ; net stock, 

 $20,000; crew shared $615. 



"Schooner Leona, Capt. Willard Pool; net stock, $19,715.72; crew 

 shared $582. 



" Schooner Carl Schurz, Capt. Jed. Warren; net stock, $15,609 ; crew 

 shared $468.08. Previous to the 6th of June the Schurz was engaged 

 in fresh fishing, and her total stock since the first of the year is $23,222, 

 the crew sharing $733.86. 



"Schooner John D. Long, Capt. Charles Hardy; net stock, $18,500 ; 

 crew shared $571. 



" Schooner Helen M. Crosby, Capt. Joseph Swim ; net stock, $18,020 ; 

 crew shared $596.17. 



"Schooner Ivanhoe, Capt. James Crawley; net stock, $16,942; crew 

 shared $525. 



"Schooner Golden Hind, Capt. Solomon Eeed; net stock, $16,323; 

 crew shared $501.31. 



" Schooner John S. McQuin, Capt. Henry Coas; net stock, $16,035.57 ; 

 crew shared, $517.11. 



"The stock of mackerel in first hands is much lighter than last year, 

 and prices, which have been high and well sustained through the sea- 

 son, will continue to increase, especially when the trade opens after the 

 holiday season." 



Gloucester, Mass., November 26, 1882. 



The first cargo of frozen herring arrived last night. There were 

 200,000 of them, and they sold for $3,000. 

 Gloucester, Mass., December 20, 1882. 



The amount of fish landed here during December is as follows : Shore 

 fish caught with hand lines from small boats, 20,000 pounds; George's 

 cod, 202,000 pounds; George's halibut, 16,500 pounds; Western Bank 

 cod, 130,000 pounds; Western Bank halibut, 9,200 pounds; fresh hali- 

 but from Grand Banks, 177,000 pounds; fresh haddock, 111,000 pounds; 

 cod caught in nets, 565,000 pounds; 200,000 frozen herring. 



Gloucester, Mass., January 5, 1883. 



