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last year. But few, if any, of the fleet will sail before the middle of 

 June. 



There will probably be some 400 sail of vessels employed in the 

 business from this port. — (Cape Ann Advertiser, May 24, 1867.) 



1867. — Alarge bay fleet. 



Considerable activity now prevails at our wharves and railways, as 

 the early mackerel fleet are getting ready to start, and in about a fort- 

 night quite a number of vessels will be on their way to the Bay of Saint 

 Lawrence. * * * 



We shall have the largest fleet of vessels engaged in the bay fishery 

 this season that has ever prosecuted it, and most of them will make two 

 trips. • The shore mackerel fishery will also be extensively prosecuted. — 

 (Cape Ann Advertiser, June 7, 1867.) 



1867. — Unusual success of the southern fleet. 



The southern mackerel fishery has proved very successful this season. 

 The fleet have arrived home with good fares, averaging about 200 bar- 

 rels each. Most of the vessels are now absent on their second trip, and 

 the prospect is said to be verj encouraging. It is seldom that the fleet 

 make but one trip out south, but this year mackerel are sufficiently 

 plently in those waters to warrant the undertaking. We learn that one 

 vessel has arrived at Newburyport with a second fare, having landed 

 upwards of 500 barrels on both trijis. — (Cape Ann Advertiser, June 

 14, 1867.) 



1867. — The bay fleet. — scarcity of mackerel. 



Some 50 sail of vessels have left for the bay this week and others 

 will speedily follow. In the course of a fortnight there will be from 

 two to three hundred sail of vessels in the business. 



Advices from the early bay fleet represent mackerel rather scarce, 

 and the prospect not very encouraging. The highest trip reported was 

 50 barrels. — (Cape Ann Advertiser, July 12, 1867.) 



1867. — A good school on George's. 



Mackerel have been quite plenty on George's lately, and those of the 

 fleet who were lucky enough to be there did well. About a dozen ves- 

 sels have arrived, averaging about 200 barrels each, which were quickly 

 disposed of at remunerative prices. — (Cape Ann Advertiser, August 2, 



1867.) 



1867. — American mackerel schooners fishing in the gulf of 

 saint lawrence required to pay license to the canadian 

 government. 



In 1867, after the expiration of the " reciprocity treaty," the Canadian 

 Government imposed a tax of 50 cents per ton on all American vessels 



