334 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



July 16. Arrivals continue to report mackerel plentiful on German 

 Bank. 



July 18. Two arrivals with fares secured on southwestern part of 

 George's Bank ; schooners were the Pleiades and Eddie Davidson. 



July 20. Schooner Chester B. Lawrence arrived at Boothbay, Me., 

 for salt and barrels, having 560 barrels of mackerel on board that 

 were caught 25 miles southeast from Monhegan ; reported mackerel 

 abundant. 



July 21. One arrival at Provincetown with 370 barrels of mackerel 

 caught off Block Island. 



July 22. Schooner Mertie and Delinar arrived at Harwichport with 

 225 barrels of mackerel caught off Block Island. Fifteen sail were left 

 fishing at that point ; these vessels mostly secured fares during the next 

 few days. 



July 23. Mackerel were plentiful east of Cape Cod. Schooner Emma 

 Higgins arrived at Provincetown from there with 350 barrels. 



July 24. Schooner Hattie Linnell arrived at Provincetown with a full 

 fare of 450 barrels, caught east of Cape Cod the day before. 



July 25. Mackerel were abundant off Highland light. 



July 27. Schooner Mystery took 120 barrels off Wood End, Province- 

 town harbor; and schooner Willie Jewell came in with a full fare caught 

 off Race Point, Cape Cod. 



The same date, 15 arrivals at Gloucester landed 6,390 baxrels of mack- 

 erel, mostly caught off the eastern shore and in the Bay of Fundy. 

 Only 1 of the 15 had been in North Bay. 



July 28. Schooner Long wood arrived at Provincetown the 27th with 

 400 barrels of mackerel, caught that day in Cape Cod Bay; the fish 

 were of good size and fine quality. Twelve sail were with her ; all 

 doing well. The mackerel were working into Barnstable Bay. 



The weirs at North Truro took about 5,000 barrels of mackerel during 

 the week. 



July 30. Schooner Mystery sailed from Gloucester on July 23. Ar- 

 rived back at her wharf on the 29th with 540 barrels of mackerel, 

 caught during that time. The fish were of good quality and fair size, 

 mostly No. 2 ; were caught just off Race Point, Cape Cod. 



July 30. During the month 7 salmon, averaging 10 pounds each, were 

 taken from the traps in Gloucester Harbor. 



This report, with names, dates, and amount of the catch, is intended 

 merely to show the locality and abundance of mackerel off the wide 

 expanse of the New England coast during the month. The aggregate 

 amounts landed at all ports during the season, up to August 1, will be 

 found in the accompanying table. It only remains to add that the prices 

 received during the month are the lowest ever recorded. The size of the 

 fish is an improvement on last year, and is noticeable for the few large 

 fish that will inspect No. 1. The fish caught in North Bay or the Gulf 

 of Saint Lawrence have been the poorest and sold the lowest of all, 



