460 REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



42. They are made into oil and manure, and sold to farmers. 



43. Tangier belongs to Crockett & Co., Manokinto Ford, Avery & 

 Co. 



44. About 800 barrels at Ford's, and 500 at Tangier. 



46. The fish are boiled in large kettles at Tangier, but are crushed 

 at Manokin. The Tangier and Manokin factory cost each $2,500. 



47. Fifteen cents per bushel. 



48. About 1,000 fish, or from 4 to 4^ bushels. 



50. Que quart, and is least in July. 



51. One and one-half gallons, and is greatest in August and Septem- 

 ber. 



52. Yes, as much again. 



54. Philadelphia and other cities. 



55. Home. 



56. Used for lubricating purposes. 



57. From 40 to 60 cents. 



58. Yes. 



61. Statement of Isaac D. BohMns, Hog Island, February 21, 1874. 



Xo efforts are made here to catch the mossbunker. We have them dur- 

 ing the largest part of the year, from April to September, and sometimes 

 in winter. I once saw many of these fish in Swangut Creek which had 

 died from the effects of hot weather ; they were then about 2 inches 

 long. In the fall we see them from 3 to 5 inches long. We make no 

 use of these fish, but I have an impression that there are enough of 

 them to make our land very rich if they were made into manure. 



On the Chesapeake side of the peninsula I have known large quanti- 

 ties of these fish caught, and a few years ago some gentlemen under- 

 took to convert them into oil and manure, but to what extent they were 

 successful I cannot say. 



The grown mossbunker is from 9 to 12 inches long, and generally 

 very fat. 



62. Statement of J. L. Anderton, Apateague Island, Virginia, January 12, 



1875. 



1. Alewives. 



2. They are more abundant than any others found in this vicinity. 



3. Increased. 



4. There is no establishment in this vicinity. 



5. It does not in this vicinity. 



6. First seem to come near the coast in April. The main body appear 

 in June. The first are the smallest. 



7. They swim high, make a ripple on the water, and attract birds. 



8. They come from a southward direction. 



9. Their appearance is regular and certain. 



