niSTOEY OF THE AMEEICAN MEXHADEN. 3G1 



Number of fish caught in 1874 492, 878, 000, or 1, 042, 927 barrels. 



Number of fish caught in 1875 503, 327, 000, or 1, 877, 707 barrels. 



Increase 70, 449, 000, or 734, 840 barrels. 



Number of gallons of oil made in 1874 3, 372, 847 



Number of gallons of oil made in 1875 2, G81, 487 



Decrease G91, 300 



Number of tons of guano made in 1874 .,.....• 50, 97G 



Number of tons of guano made in 1875 53, 025 



Increase 2, 049 



Amount of capital invested in 1875 $2, 500, 000 



Amount of capital invested in 1870 2, 050, 000 



Increase .,... 150, 000 



Number of gallons of oil held, by manufacturers January 



12,1875 648,000 



Number of gallons of oil held by manufacturers January 



12, 1876 _.. 125,000 



Number of gallons in manfacturers' hands less than at an- 

 nual meeting in 1875 523, 000 



Number of tons guano held by manufacturers January 12, 



1875 5,200 



Number of tons guano held by manufacturers January 12, 



1876 ,.... 1,850 



Number of tons guano held by manufacturers, less than in 

 1875 3,350 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : President, 

 11. L. Fowler, Guilford, Conn.; first vice-president, B. Frank Gallup, 

 Groton, Conn.; second vice president, Daniel T. Church, Tiverton, R. I.; 

 secretary and treasurer, H. L. Dudley, New llaven. Conn. ; executive 

 committee, R. L. Fowler, Connecticut, V. Koou, New York, Isaac Brown, 

 Rhode Island. 



A letter from the Hon. S. L. Goodale, of Saco, Me., was presented to 

 the association by Mr. Maddocks, and read by the secretary. It was 

 listened to with much pleasure and interest, and the secretary was di- 

 rected to incorporate the substance of the letter in his report. It stated 

 that the writer had discovered a process for making, from the juices of 



