3U6 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



We hear of a safe of 108 bbls. prime light at 55c., and 50 bbls. not 

 sweet at 52^c. There is a good demand for pressed, and the choicest is 

 held at higher prices, with fall sales. We note 75 bbls. ^old at 65c., 

 20 bbls. brown at 60c., and a small lot at 58c. 



January 10. 



Menhaden oil meets with very little demand; the ideas of holders are 

 above those of buyers, and we have no business to report; there are ru- 

 mors but no actual sales of full lots that we can learn of. The demand 

 for pressed fish is fair ; 25 bbls. brown sold at 60c., and 25 bbls. light 

 at 63c. 



January 17. 



Menhaden rules quiet ; to sell freely lower prices would have to be 

 accepted, but to buy full prices would have to be paid. No sales of lots 

 are reported. 



January 21. 



Menhaden rules about steady, though if forced on the market would 

 not command the highest quotation. The feeling is, however, that the 

 stock is small and all will be needed. We hear of the sale of 50 bbls. 

 prime, at 55c., and 112 bbls. Southern, part dark, at 52c. cash. There 

 is a fair demand for strained and 25 bbls. are reported sold at 63c. 



Janqary 13. 

 Menhaden is steady in prices, the only large lot held, 600 bbls., was at 

 New Bedford, which has been sold to a manufacturer there at a price 

 equal to 55c., delivered in this city, the lot of Southern rei)orted in our 

 last has been rejected; at the close to-day we hear of the sale of 120 

 bbls. on private terms. Strained sells in a small way, if choice, at 65c., 

 in full lots at 60 ® 62^c., and brown 60c. in a small way. 



February 7. 

 Menhaden is held confidently, but there is not much doing. We hear 

 of no full lots having changed hands. 



February 14. 

 Menhaden is quiet and there are no sales making; we have only heard 

 during the past week of a few lots, perhaps in all 50 bbls., that changed 

 hands at 55c. The stock is pretty firmly held by a few parties. 

 Pressed oil is in fair demand and firm. 



February 21. 

 Menhaden is dull to buy; the market is firm, but to sell it is weak, 

 though at a decline of 2J ® 5c. the whole market might be cleared of 

 stock ; no sale of lots for a week. 



February 28. 

 Menhaden has ruled quiet during the past week, and as there have 

 been no sales for some time past, the feeling has been hardly so firm ; 100 

 bbls. choice sold at 54c., the other kinds have met with no sales since 

 our last. 



