441 KEFUKT (.)K CuMMiSiSlU.NER OF FISH AND FISHEISIES. 



28. Ill ^reiit abundiiace in the beads of bays wbeu first spawned, 

 gradually dropping out into deeper water r.s they attain size. 



29. I think not. 



30. Don't know of any ; think not. 



31. iSTothing but an insect, which the fishermen call lice, is occasion- 

 ally found on the outside of fish, eating into the body. 



32. To a very great extent, especially bluefish. 



33. IS^ever have known any. 



34. Set-nets, pounds, haul-nets, and purse-nets. 



35. Haul-nets are from i to 1 mile long, depth according to depth of 

 water where the fishing is done ; purse-nets are from 600 to 1,000 feet 

 long, and from 7,0 to 90 feet deep. 



36. For purse-nets, sloops, schooners, and steamers, of from 10 to 50 

 tons burden. 



37. To man a purse-net, 11 men. 



38. All parts. 



39. Think more on the flood tide. 



40. It does. 



41. Number of vessels, 191 ; whole number of men, 715. This in- 

 cludes purse-nets only. 



42. Sometimes they are used in the raw state for manure, but are 

 principally carried to the factories, where they are manufactured into oil 

 and scrap. 



43. On Barren Island, Jones & Co., Y. Koon, Goodkiud Bros., Haw- 

 kins Bros. ; on shores of Gardiner's Bay, D. Wells & Sons, Sterling Oil 

 Company, Horton & Co., Green «& Co., Jonathan Preston & Co., Cart- 

 wright & Co., Frank Price & Co. 



44. About 25,000 gallons. 



45. According to the fatness of the fish ; say, 30,000 gallons. 



46. Engines, boilers, steam-pumps, hydraulic power, and piping, from 

 $15,000 to $25,000. 



47. 1873, Barren Island, 50 cents ; Gardiner's Bay, 60 cents. 



48. Barren Island, ^ barrel ; Gardiner's Bay, i of barrel. 



49. Barren Island, 57 gallons ; Gardiner's Bay, 85 gallons. 



50. One gallon; in midsummer. 



51. Four and one half gallons in October and November. 



52. Northern fish yield most oil. 



53. The manufacture of oil was commenced on the shores of Gardi- 

 ner's Bay about 1850, when the oil was extracted by fermentation. 



54. New York, Boston, and New Bedford. 



55. New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. 

 5Q. Painting, tanning, rope-making, and soap-making. 



57. Forty-five cents per gallon; previous years from 45 cents to $1 

 per gallon. 



58. It does not. 



