436 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHEKIES. 



3. General catch same. Growing scarce on shore i)revious to, but 

 abundant iu 1874. 



4. About 5,000 barrels each year. 



5. Not appreciably, according to old fishermen. 



6. Seen near shore May 20. First largest, August. 



7. nigh. Attract no birds. 



8. From the east. During July and August, they came at the first 

 flood, west-northwest to Stratford point ; then south-southwest toward 

 Long Island, and returned on ebb tide. 



9. Come every year, but do not always strike on shore. 



10. No. 



11. Old fishermen say none In deep water. My experience is, they 

 always follow the tide. 



12. Near fresh water. 



14. Yes. Swim high in warm weather. 



15. Yes. Sometimes along shore ; not usually in deep water. 

 IG. Yes. Three to six inches long. 



17. Last of October. At once. 



18. South. 



21. I have often seen, in a set-net holding 10,000, a roll of spawn 3 

 feet in circumference, lying on, but not attached to bottom of net; this 

 was in June and July. 



26. Sink. No. No. 



28. Mouths of rivers. 



30. Porpoises, sharks, and bluefish. • 



33. Many of those we caught on shore had a reddish blotched ap- 

 pearance ; sometimes thousands found dead on shore appearing similar. 

 Others were eaten as if by cancer. 



34. Greatest catch is by purse-nets. 



37. Teu each. 



38. All day. 



39. No. 



40. Yes. 



41. Thirty. Three hundred men. 



42. Make oil. 



43. Geo. W. Miles Company, Welche's Point Company. 



44. One thousand to 2,000 barrels. 



46. Steam boilers and tanks. 



47. Fish sold by 1,000, ® $1.50 to $2 per 1,000. 



48. Fifty to 100. Much more oily sometimes than others. 



49. Twenty to 50 gallons. 

 52. Yes. 



54. New York, Boston, and New Bedford. 



55. Principal part goes south. 



56. Tanning. 



57. Thirty-five cents to $1.25. 



58. No ; not appreciably. 



