432 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



23. No. 



24. The water must be measurably cold, never warm. 



25. Shoal. 



26. Float. 



28. Yes; everywhere; but they do not mix with adults; they school 

 by themselves aud are ofteu mistakeu for large fish. 



29. No. 



30. Eels, toad fish, and other inshore fish. 



31. No. 



32. Largely from sharks, blucfish, and porpoises. 



33. No. 



34. Purse-seines, pounds, and gill-nets. 



35. From 500 to 1,00'J yards long aud from 80 to 150 feet deep. 



30. Small lighters, from 2 to 75 tons burden, and steamers of the lat- 

 ter size. 



37. Ten men. i 



38. All hours. 



39. No. See 11. 



40. Not much effect. 



41. About 55 altogether. They employ, say, 500 hands, beside 250 

 landsmen to handle aud manufacture into oil. 



42. Brought to their factories. 



43. Quiambog Oil Company, Mint Head or Noyes Neck Oil Com- 

 pany, G. S. Allyn & Co., R. Chapman & Co., and Quinippiac Company. 



44. On au average, one gallon to each barrel of fish. See No. 4. 



45. Twice the actual manufacture. 

 40. Cost from $5,000 to $75,000. 



47. In 1874 about 35 cents. 



48. Differs very much; from 2,500 to 3,000. 



53. Commenced twenty years ago. 



54. New York aud Boston. 



55. North and south. 



50. To adulterate other oils and for painting and tanning ; it takes the 

 jilace of whale-oil. 

 57. In 1874, 40 cents. 

 5S. No. See No. 3. 



41. Statement of Samuel C. Becbe, Cornfield Point LigJit- Vessel, N'o. 12, 

 Sayhroolc, Conn., January 6, 1875. 



1. Bony fish. 



2. More abundant. 

 3.- Increased. 



4. Fish are measured by the thousand in cars. Luce Brothers took in 

 1873, with three seines, 9,000,000. In 1872, with four seines, 13,000,000. 

 In 1871, 17,000,000. 



5. It does not seem to. 



