428 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



38. All i)arts of the day. 



39. No difference. 



40. It does not. 



41. About fifty ; and will average from eight to ten men each. 



42. They are taken to the try-works at different points along the coast. 



43. Green, Wilcox, Cbapman, Allen, and others. 



44. Green's factory in 1873, 35,000 gals. ; Captain Wilcox said he took 

 9,800,000 that averaged 7 gals, to the thousand. Fish have been very 

 fat for a few past years. 



46. Steam-works cost from five to fifty thousand dollars. 



47. About two dollars per thousand. 



50. When they first come on to the coast in the spring they yield the 

 least oil. 



51. In the fall when they are about to leave the coast they yield the 

 greatest quantity of oil. 



53. About the same as right whale oil. 



54. Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. 



55. All through the New England and Middle States it is used for 

 fertilizing. 



56. For tanneries and adulterating paint-oils. 



57. From thirty-eight to forty cents ; previous years it has sold as 

 high as sixty-two cents. 



58. It does. 



38. Statement of William H. Potter, Mystic River, Conn., January 27, 1874. 



1. Bony-fish. 



2. More plentiful. 



3. Increased. 



4. Quinnipiac Oil Company, 2,174 barrels; J. Green & Co., 2,111 

 barrels; G. S. Allyn & Co., 1,377 barrels ; Quiambog Oil Company, 355. 

 barrels; Gardiner Oil Company, 289 barrels; E. Chapman, 200 barrels j 

 total, 6,506 barrels © $12.60. In 1872 there were 4,532 barrels. 



5. No. 



6. April and May. Not generally. Yes. 



7. High. Yes. Yes. 



8. From the south. Pass out east and west. 



9. Not more than two weeks' difference. They fail in port. 



10. Probably not, as they have increased in numbers yearly. 



11. They come at the turn of the tide. 



12. Long Island and Fisher's Island Sounds, Block Island Bay, and 

 Providence River. 



13. From three to twenty fathoms. 



14. Yes. 



15. Yes, but not always. 



16. Yes. Three inches in the fall. 



