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MACKEREL INSPECTION IN MASSACHUSETTS.— Continued. 



Statement II. — Shotoing the total numier of barrels inspected, ^o — Contmned. 



a The reports of the Boston fish bureau give the nnmber of barrels packed in Massachnsetts in 

 1878, 144,205 barrels ; in 1879, 156,125 barrels ; in 1880, 255,986 barrels ; in 1881 269,495 barrels. These 

 figures for 1880 and 1881 are probably nearer than the inspection retanu to the actual product of the 

 fishery, since some 5 per cent, of the catch escapes inspection. 



