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trip off Greenland. She carried 14 men, and has never been spoken 

 since, but is supposed to have been lost in the iee-fields of the far north. 

 Schooner George L. Smith, 84.28 tons, sailed August 14 on a halibut 

 trip to Quereau Bank, and was last seen on Brown's Bank on August 

 21. The vessel and 14 men are now given up. All the above vessels 

 were owned and sailed from Gloucester, and were fine vessels. Total 

 loss, 38 men and 4 vessels ; 274.74 net tonnage. 



Fish landed at Gloucester, Mass., hy Gloucester vessels, in October, 1886. 



From— 



Western Bank 



Georse's Bank 



Qnerean Bank 



Jeffrey's Bank 



Iceland 



Grand Banks 



Bav of Fundy 



New England shore 



Kew England shore 



Kew England shore, gill-nets. 



Brown's'Bank 



Gnl f of Saint Lawrence 



New England shore 



Shore, small boats 



Long Island Sound 



Total in October, 1886 

 Total in October, 1883 . 



Fares. 



Codfish. 



Halibut. 



Hake. 



67 

 39 

 26 



2 



3 

 12 



2 



62 



44 



105 



2 

 53 

 29 



Pounds. 

 .3,147,000 

 723, 000 



2,000 



'i,'460,666 

 25, 000 



Pounds. 



227, 200 

 617, 000 



Pounds. 



""26,'6o6' 



330, 000 



188, 500 



400 



65, 050 

 39, 580 

 70, 000 



50, 500 



449 I 5, 582, 130 [ 1, 363, 100 



5G0 : 5, 107, 372 



742, 170 



2,000 



127, 000 



5,000 



160,000 



282, 002 



Haddock. 



Pounds. 

 25,'6oO 



20, 000 



45, 000 



74, 334 



From — 



Western Bank 

 George's Bank 

 Queveau Bank 

 Jeffrey's Bank 

 Icehmd. 



Pollock. 



Cusk. 



Pounds. I Pounds. 



4,000 



10, 000 



Herring. Mackerel. 



Barrels. 



Barrels. 



M^ihaden. 



Barrels. 



Gr.n ud Banks 



Bay of Fundy. 



New England shore 



New England shore -. 



New Enorland shore, gill-nets. 



Brown's Bank 



Gnlf of Saint Lawrence 



New England shore 



Shore, small boats 



Lons Island Sound 



Total in October, 1886. 

 Total in October, 1885 . 



2,000 



,033 



71,050 

 314, 000 



6,000 



600 



398, 250 



3, 142, 790 



50 



10, 031 

 1,067 



510 



10, 000 



8,083 



11, 098 



510 



4,500 



4,321 



30, 915 



lieceipta of fish from outside vessels at Gloucester, Mass., during October, 1886. 



From Maine and New Brunswick : 



Cargoes of dry, pickled, and smoked fish .' 13 



Hake quintals.. 7,100 



Haddock do.... 700 



Pollock do.... 25 



Cod do.... 480 



Cnsk do 435 



Smoked herring boxes . . 14, 000 



Bloaters do 100 



Pickled herring barrels.. 100 



From Tiverton, E. I. : 



Menhaden oil barrels . . 450 



Glotjcestee, Mass., October 30, 1886. 



