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No fish schooling yet. Yesterday the wind was southeast, to-day it is 

 southwest." 

 Gloucester, Mass., July 13, 1884. 



During- the past week there have been 54 arrivals from George's 

 Banks, with average fares of 23,000 pounds of salt codfish ; 5 arrivals 

 from Grand Banks, with 120,000 pounds of salt codfish to a vessel ; 8 

 arrivals from the Banks, with 24,000 pounds of fresh halibut to a ves- 

 sel ; and 24 arrivals, averaging 350 barrels of salt mackerel to a vessel. 

 Most of these mackerel are small, and were caught in the Bay of Fundy. 

 No mackerel have yet been caught in the Bay of Saint Lawrence, and 

 50 of the 1G5 sail that went there for mackerel are on their return home. 

 Tlie disappearance of the mackerel that were seen clown the Nova 

 Scotia shore is a mystery which has not yet been solved. If the whole 

 fleet comes on this coast, small mackerel will sell at a low figure. Yes- 

 terday small mackerel sold at $4.50 per barrel, with the barrel, which is 

 worth 70 cents. There are 10 sail of mackerel catchers in the harbor, 

 with 3,500 barrels of mackerel that were taken in the Bay of Fundy. I 

 think mackerel will be sold to-morrow at $4 per barrel. 



Gloucester, Mass., July 20, 1884. 



SuivoiARY. — There has been the largest amount of fish landed at 

 Gloucester the past week of any week in eight years. There were 67 

 arrivals from George's Banks, with 1,680,000 pounds of salt cod ; 17 ar- 

 rivals from the Grand Banks, with 2,780,000 pounds of salt cod ; 7 arri- 

 vals fiom the Grand Banks, with 182,000 pounds of fresh cod and 65,000 

 pounds of hake; 80,000 pounds of shore cod; 120,000 pounds of cod 

 from the Western Bank ; 220,000 pounds of salt cod from Banqereau; 

 and 6 arrivals with 1,000 barrels of salt mackerel. Mackerel are re- 

 ported plenty in the Bay of Fundy, but of small size. To-day 5 ves- 

 sels arrived from the Bay of Fundy, with 1,500 barrels of salt mackerel. 



Gloucester, Mass., July 27, 1884. 



SujNEMARy. — The amount of fish landed in Gloucester in July was as 

 follows: There were 186 arrivals from George's Banks, with 3,841,000 

 pounds of salt cod and 36,900 pounds of fresh halibut ; 28 arrivals from 

 Grand Banks, with 4,120,000 pounds of salt cod and 19,000 pounds of 

 fresh halibut ; 9 arrivals from Western Bank, with 660,000 pounds of 

 salt cod and 6,500 pounds of fresh halibut; 9 arrivals from the coast 

 of Nova Scotia, with 302,000 pounds of salt cod and 8,500 pounds of 

 halibut ; 34 arrivals from the Banks, with 780,000 pounds of fresh hal- 

 ibut; 522,000 pounds of shore fish ; 22,818 barrels of mackerel from the 

 Bay of Fundy; 770 barrels of mackerel fr.)m Block Island ; 478 barrels 

 of mackerel from the Bay of Saint Lawrence ; 260 barrels of mackerel 

 caught in traps ; making a total for July of 246 arrivals, with 9,445,000 

 pounds of cod, 850,900 pounds of halibut, and 24,326 barrels of mack- 

 erel. 



Gloucester, Mass., August 6, 1884. 



