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26. Settle and become attached to shells aud stones. 



28. Yes ; in fresh-water creeks. 



29. Yes. 



30. Bluefish catch the fish. Parents do not eat the spawn. 



31. Biif( or fish-louse on outside; a worm is attached to the outside 

 and bores into them, aud sometimes a bug is found in the roof of the 

 mouth. 



32. Suffer from all fish ; bluefish are their worst enemy. 



33. Not here. 



34. Gill aud purse nets. 



35. One hundred to three hundred fathoms long, 12 feet deep. 



3C. Boats from four to five tons for gill-nets; schooners, sloops, and 

 one steamer of from ten to twenty tons for purse-nets. 



37. Eleven men to a net. 



38. All day, if good weather. 



39. No. 



40. East wind affects them. 



41. Ten vessels; forty men. 



42. Tried out near Little and Great Egg Harbors. 



43. None in the neighborhood. 



44:. Two hundred and fifteen barrels. 



45. Not known. 



46. Five thousand dollars in one factory. 



47. One dollar and twenty-five cents per thousand fish. 



48. Four gallons of oil per thousand fish. 



49. Forty gallons. 



50. Least in August. 



51. Greatest in November, eleven gallons per thousand. 



52. Northern fish yield most. 



54. New York City. 



55. The South. 



56. For tanning and adulterating paint-oils. 

 \7. Forty-five cents per gallon. 



58. Does not seem to diminish them. 



Questions were answered by Messrs. Bowen, Strickland, and Conover, 

 of Atlantic City, and Capt. John D. Sanders, of Leedsville, N. J. 



54. Statement of Albert Morris, Somcrs Point, N. J., January 12, 1875. 



1. IMossbunker. 



2. There are a thousand times as many. 



3. No. 



4. 7,200 ; 1874, 12,000. 



5. Think not. 



0. About 1st of May. The main body arrive about 20th June. There 

 are sometimes three or four runs a week. 



