REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 11 
who pack these fish for export.’ Most of the product is bought by 
New York wholesale dealers and shipped to the West. Indies. 
The average price per barrel during the last year was $3.75— 
somewhat smaller than that of tlhe year before. 
The method of preparation of the alewives is briefly as fol- 
lows: They are put into the strongest possible brine for twenty- 
four to forty-eight hours. They are then turned over and stirred 
and left two days, then handled again in the same way and left 
for two days longer. At the end of a week they are ready to be 
packed in barrels. They are packed as closely as possible—about 
two hundred pounds to a barrel—and a large amount of salt 
placed on the top. As the barrels must be specially made, and as 
nearly two bushels of salt are used for each barrel of fish, the 
profit in this fishing is smaller than might be at first expected. 
II. A Conzuection oF Derrinitre Data RESPECTING THE TIMES OF 
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF VARIOUS Foop-FISHES, AND STA- 
TISTICS OF EXPORTATION. 
The following table gives the amounts of the monthly exports 
of fish, lobsters, and sword-fish shipped from Newport in the year 
1901 by regular transportation lines: 
Fish, Lobster, No. of 
Barrels. Barrels. Sword-fish. 
SMB Ver ten sont ok ado wats ease Tee: 598 236 
BU CEGUU Yost sete bie igh hotece e dienhon at. 289 243 
WRG) 1 Seth oo crete oda SOR Pr Oe a EL RES 31 340 
JSS UTS Bia A a on oR aa 149 296 
Miempeee secre). Ao eae ce) de ait) 16,776 444 1 
J WUIGS Seton ene SEOs co ek ieee 19,034 499 20 
ARTI LER eth ae An nega iar eRe eee 4,815 792 
CSU BG oy 25 ote Mea Se Bete fope days cag yank bon) or eae 4,471 : 922 
“SIEYC] RES 01] US) ee Cepia ay aE A ee Leola 213 
MO CHOWEI Se Esler: Socata oe ee cn) 2A O24: 184 
INOWEIMDCD Searels Sate re ae oe : 575 106 
GCA reweeett So ae asec aed oi eS. 661 118 
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ARCO} SH Ieee ©. aR te RPO ae ee eT 50,500 4,393 
