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Particular mention of our cod-fishery on the coasts of Nova Scotia, in 

 the Bny of Chaleurs, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and elsewhere in 

 British America, may be omitted ; since the brief notice of the m:mner 

 of conducting it at Newfoundlimd, nt Labrador, and in the Bay of 

 Fundy, is sufficient to give a general idea of it, in vessels and boats, 

 in the open sea, in harbors, along the shores, and in the most distant 

 regions. 



Slatisdcs of the cod-Jishery of Massnchisetts from the year 17G5 to 1775, and 



from 1786 to 1790. 



Towns. 



Mai'blehead . 

 Gloucester .. 

 Manchester . , 



Beverly 



Salem " 



Newbuiyport 



Ipswich 



PljTiiouth . . . 



Cob as set 



Hiiigham.- „ 



Scituate 



Duxbuiy 



Kingsti^tn 



Yarmouth . . . 

 AVellfleet.... 



Tnu'o 



Provincetowu 



Chatham 



Nantucket . . 

 Weymouth . . 

 lu Mame 



Total. 



From 1765 to 1775. 



Vessels an- 

 nually em- 

 ployed. 



Tonnage. 



150 



146 



25 



15 



30 



10 



50 



60 



6 



6 



10 



4 



6 



30 



3 



10 



4 



30 



8 



2 



60 



665 



7,500 



5,530 



1,500 



750 



1, 500 

 400 

 91)0 



2, 400 

 240 

 240 

 400 

 160 

 240 

 900 



90 

 400 

 160 

 900 

 320 

 100 

 1,000 



25, 630 



No. of 

 men. 



1,200 



888 



200 



120 



240 



60 



190 



420 



42 



42 



70 



28 



42 



180 



21 



80 



32 



240 



64 



16 



230 



4, 405 



From 1736 to 1790. 



Vessels an- Tonnage, 

 nually em- 

 ploye d. 



90 



160 



15 



19 



20 



10 



56 



36 



5 



4 



2 



9 



4 



30 



11 



30 



3 



30 



5, 400 



3, 600 



900 



1,235 



1,300 



460 



860 



1,440 



200 



180 



90 



360 



160 



900 



550 

 900 

 200 

 150 

 31)0 



No. of 

 men. 



539 



19,185 3,292 



720 



680 



126 



157 



160 



80 



248 



252 



35 



32 



16 



72 



28 



180 



240 

 40 

 24 



120 



