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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Table IX states the uumber of boats present at the close of each half- 

 month during the last 5 years. In the table also is given the time of 

 the Easter holiday, from which it will appear that it has had less to do 

 with the departure of the fishermen than persons generally are dis- 

 posed to think it has. 



Table IX. 



Table X is a statement of the number of sailors engaged up to March 

 16, their nativity and distribution with regard to the different kinds 

 of gear, also the number of servants. As usual, the majority of the 

 night-line fishermen in East Loffoden became day-line fishermen in 

 March; just as many of the deep bait men employed lines after their 

 arrival at Loffoden. 



