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Gallup & Holmes, Booth Bay, ()0,000 gallons oil and 1,000 tons of 

 guano ; Gallup & Morgan, Booth Bay, 00,000 gallons oil and 1,000 tons 

 of guano ; Luther Maddocks, Booth Bay, 200,000 gallons oil and 3,500 

 tons of guano. There are also a number of small catchers along the 

 coast of Maine who make oil in amounts ranging from 50 to 75 gallons. 



46. Steam for cooking and steam for pressing cost all complete with 

 seine, boats, and fixtures from thirty to two hundred thousand dollars. 



47. In 1873, 60 cents. In former years not so much except at some 

 times during the war. 



48. One barrel of good fish makes 3 or 4 gallons oil. 



50. One or 2 quarts when they first come. They should not be caught 

 until they are fat. 



51. Five gallons. It is greatest toward the close of the season. 



52. Yes J a great deal more. 



53. In about 1850 ; I was then in the fish-oil business. An elderly 

 lady by the name of Bartlett, from Bluehill, came to my store with a 

 sample of oil which she had skimmed from a kettle in boiling menha- 

 den for her hens. She told me the fish were abundant all summer near 

 the shore. I told her I would give her $11 per barrel for all she would 

 produce. The husband and sons made 13 barrels the first year. The 

 fish then were caught in gill-nets. The following year they caught 100 

 barrels. From that time and from that circumstance has grown a busi- 

 ness as extensive as I have represented. 



54. Boston and New York. The whole country buys it for currying. 

 It is exported to London and Liverpool, and thence to all parts of the 

 world for currying, for soap, and for smearing sheep. 



55. South, for cotton and tobacco lands. 



56. Currying. It is not used for lubricating. 



57. Thirty-eight to 45 cents in 1873, 50 cents in 1872 j $1.40 was the 

 highest, a war price. 



58. No. 



20. Statement of Thomas Loring^ collector, Plymouth, Mass., January 24, 

 1874, and MarcJi 20, 1875. 



1. Pogy. 



2. Average. 



3. Diminished. 



4. Very few. 



5. It does not. 



6. About the 1st of June. 



7. High. 



9. Never fail. 

 10. I think it does. 



16. Yes ; in September, about 4 inches long. 



17. In November. I think by degrees. 

 19. We think south. 



