378 EEPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



45. E. A. Friend 50,000 gallons ; Job T. Wilson 50,0C0 gallons ; P. 

 Kane 15,000 gallons ; Harrimau Point Company 20,000 gallons. 



46. Job T. Wilson, steam ; R. A. French, steam and pot works ; 

 others, pot-works. 



47. Sixty-five cents (1873). 



50. Two quarts; in June. ' 



51. Four gallons; last of August. 



53. First made by William Eomer; oil taken from pots where fish 

 were cooked for fowls. 



54. Boston. 



55. Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. 



56. Painting and currying. 



57. Forty-five cents ; from 30 cents to $1.27. 



58. It is not. 



4. Statement of John Grant, Matinicus Light Station^ Matinicus Bocl'j 



Maine, March 31, 1874. 



1. Menhaden or pogy. 



2. More abundant than any fish except herring. 



3. Diminished. 



4. !N"o regular establishment or factory is run in this vicinity. 



5. I think it does. 



6. About the 1st of June. The larger body come about the middle 

 or last of June. The last schools are the largest and fattest. There are 

 commonly several schools at irregular intervals. 



7. They swim high, making a ripple, and frequently showing their 

 fins and attracting sea-gulls and other birds in great numbers. 



8. They come from the south, and when driven into bays and rivers 

 by large fish they inhabit one locality for several weeks at a time. 



9. Regular. 

 10. Yes. 



12. Between Seguin and Matinicus Rock and the bays and mouths of 

 rivers between these points. 



13. Usually on or near the surface of the water, but sometimes at the 

 depth of 20 or 30 fathoms. 



15. Yes. 



16. No very young ones. 



17. About the middle of October, in a body. 



18. By the same, as they came rather working westward. 



19. South of Cape Hatteras, near the Gulf Stream. 



20. Some floating substance on or near the surface of the water. 



21. Probably near the edge of the stream, south of Hatteras, during 

 the winter season. 



28. I have found them in Hampton Roads in early spring, when they 

 were not more than two inches. 



