178 



STATEMENT— Continued 



Year. 



1826. 



1827, 

 18-28. 

 1820, 

 1880, 

 1831. 

 1832. 

 1833. 

 1834. 

 1835. 

 1636. 

 1837. 

 1838. 

 1839. 

 1840. 

 1S41. 

 1842. 

 1843. 

 1844. 

 1845. 

 1846. 

 1847. 

 1848. 

 1849. 

 18.50. 

 1851. 



Exports. 



Barrels. 



85, 445 

 G(), 123 

 63, 928 

 61,629 

 66,113 

 91,7»7 

 102, 770 

 86, 442 

 61,638 

 51,66] 

 48. 182 

 40,516 

 41,699 

 23, 831 

 42, 274 

 36, 508 

 40, 846 

 30, 544 

 46,170 

 44,203 

 57, 060 

 31,361 

 23, 736 

 25, 835 

 19, 944 

 21,214 



Kegs. 



Value. 



Dollars!. 



Imports. 



11,4.59 i 257,180 



7,446 j 240,276 



4,205 I 240,7;?7 



3,207 ! 220,527 



6, 723 i 225, 987 



8,594 j 304,441 



4,0^)0 ! 308,812 



3,636 I 277,973 



2,344 i 223,290 



3,487 i 224,639 



3, 575 I 221, 426 



3,4.30 181,334 



2,667 I 192,758 



3,975 I 141,320 



2,2.52 179,106 



3,349 • 148,973 



4, 559 I 162, 326 



1 16, 042 



' 197,179 



208,654 



1 230,495 



136,221 



109,315 



93,085 



{ 91,445 



3,215 1 113,932 



Barrels. 



1,342 



1,680 



955 



1,232 



2,727 



7,320 



2,400 



2, 512 



3,747 



13, 843 



14, 107 



7,910 



7,493 



25, 493 



18,013 



14, 678 



12, 334 



43, 542 



30, .506 



31,402 



31,113 



122, 594 



13S, 508 



108, 300 



145, 368 



THE MACKEEEL FISHERY. 



From the settlement of Neiv England to the year 1S52. 



It is frequently said tHht the mackerel fi.shery i.s of very recent origin, 

 or that, at least, vessels were not emplo3'ed in it until about the close of 

 the last or the beginning of the present century. Both suppositions are 

 entirely erroneous. The Indians, regardless of the beautiiul form and 

 color of the fish, called it ivawwunneTceseag, on account of its fatness. 

 There is mention of it in the earliest records of the country. Winthrop 

 relates that, in 1633, the ship Griffin, two days before her arrival at 

 Boston, lo.st a passenger by drowning, as he was casting forth a line to 

 catch mackerel. The first settlers mu.^t have cinnmenced the fishery 

 soon after, since — to omit several minor incidents — we have the fact 

 that Allerton, one of the Pilgrims who came over in the JMayflower, 

 received mackerel for sale nt New Haven, on "half profits," in the yeviT 

 16-53. That the business was prosecuted with success is evident from 

 the additional fact, that in 1660 the connnissione*-*' ^k ilie colonies of 

 New England recommended to the general courts of the confederacy 

 to regulate it, "con.^idering" that "the fish is the most staple com- 



