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sch. Plymouth Rock; she weighed off 96,539 lbs. haUbut and 1,500 lbs. cod- 

 fish, having a sufficient quantity of unsaleable halibut to bring her catch up 

 to 100,000 lbs. ; her stock was $2,550, the crew sharing $85, on a voyage 

 occupying four weeks and two days. Among the receipts in one week in 

 1876 were 114,540 lbs. in sch. Carrie P. Morton, 99,980 in sch. Davy Crock- 

 ett, 95,000 lbs. in sch. Edwin C. DoUiver, and two other vessels had upwards 

 of 70,000 lbs. each the same week. The largest amount of halibut ever 

 received in Gloucester in a single week was for the week ending Feb. 10, 

 1881, when the receipts were 740,000 lbs. from the Eanks and 122,509 lbs. 

 from Georges, 862,500 lbs. 



The best stock on a single trip in the Bank halibut fishery was made by 

 sch. N. H. PhUlips, Capt. William McDonald, in 187 1. She landed 47,650 

 lbs. halibut and 9,390 lbs. codfish, stocking in five weeks $5,361. Ii two 

 successive trips that season she stocked $9,142, the crew sharing $353.42 

 for nine weeks' fishing. The same year sch. Mary Carlisle, Capt. William 

 Thompson, stocked $4,738.75 on one trip, the crew sharing $236.25. In 

 1879 sch. Thresher stocked $4,464.82 on one trip. Sch. Sarah P. Ayer 

 stocked $4,251 on a trip in 1869. In 1868 sch. Aphrodite, Capt. Randall 

 McDonald, stocked $4,246.37, and the previous year the same vessel stocked 

 $4,126 on one trip; sch. William T. Merchafit, Capt. Nelson McKenney^ 

 stocked $4,200 on a twenty-six days' trip in 1868. Sch. C. B. Mamiing^ 

 Capt. Charles H. Nute, stocked $4,033 on a halibut trip in 1869. In 1880 

 the best stock was made by sch. Willie M. Stevens, her catch of 81,000 lbs- 

 selling for $3,870; time about three weeks. The best stock in 1881 was 

 made by the Grace L. Fears, 75,000 lbs., $3,553, crew sharing $121.79. On 

 one trip in 1876 sch. Epes Tarr was absent three weeks, and took in four 

 days' fishing 54,500 lbs. white and 24,442lbs. gray halibut, whic sjld for 

 $3,165, the crew sharing $120. 



The best season's stock in this fishery was made by sch. Gertie E. Foster, 

 Capt. Edward Morris, in 1875. I" eleven months she landed 668,517 lbs. 

 halibut and 19,220 lbs. codfish, stocking $26,071.56. The next best stock 

 was that of sch. Willie M. Stevens, Capt. John Mclnnis, in 1880 ; from 

 Dec. 24, 1879, to Dec. 15, 1880, her gross stock was $22,107.35, ^"^^ ^^^^^ ^^^t 

 stock $20,959.06, the crew sharing $706.06. The best season's stock in 

 this fishery in 188 1 was made by Capt. Nathaniel Greenleaf in sch. Grace 

 L. Fears, $20,385 net. Sch. Racer, Capt. Walter M. Fait, stocked $22,000 

 in 1866 ; Capt. William Thompson was high line of the crew, making $1,300. 

 In 187 1 Capt. Thompson made nine trips in sch. Mary Carlisle, stocking 

 $17,275.53, her crew sharing $858.62. In 1869, '70, '71, Capt. Thompson 

 stocked $46,871. In 1873, '74, '75, Capt. Edward Morris stocked $64,769.78. 



