460 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



42. They are made into oil aud manure, and sold to farmers. 



43. Tangier belongs to Crockett & Co., Manokin to Ford, Avery & 

 Co. 



44. About 800 barrels at Ford's, and 500 at Tangier. 



46. The fish are boiled in large kettles at Tangier, but are crushed 

 at Manokin. The Tangier and Manokin factory cost each $2,500. 



47. Fifteen cents per bushel. 



48. About 1,000 fish, or from 4 to 4J bushels. 



50. One quart, and is least in July. 



51. One and one-half gallons, and is greatest in August aud Septem- 

 ber. 



52. Yes, as much again. 



54. Philadelphia aud other cities. 



55. Home. 



56. Used for lubricating purposes. 



57. From 40 to 60 cents. 



58. Yes. 



61. Statement of Isaac D. Rohlnns, Hog Island, February 21, 1874. 



No efforts are made here to catch the mossbunker. We have them dur- 

 ing the largest part of the year, from April to September, and sometimes 

 in winter. I onc« saw many of these fish in Swaugut Creek which had 

 died from the efftcts of hot weather ; they were then about 2 inches 

 long. In the fall we see them from 3 to 5 inches long. We make no 

 use of these fish, but I have an impression that there are enough of 

 them to make o«r land very rich if they were made into manure. 



On the Chesapeake side of the peninsula I have known large quanti- 

 ties of these fish caught, and a few years ago some gentlemen under- 

 took to convert them into oil iiud manure, but to what extent they were 

 successful I cannot say. 



The grown mossbunker is from 9 to 12 inches long, and generally 

 very fat. 



62, Statement of J. L. Anderton, Apateague Island, Virginia, January 12, 



1875. 



1. Alewives. 



2. They are more abundant than any others found in this vicinity. 



3. Increased. 



4. There is no establishment in this vicinity. 



5. It does not in this vicinity. 



6. First seem to come near the coast in April. The main body appear 

 in June. The first are the smallest. 



7. They swim high, make a ripple on the water, aud attract birds. 



8. They come from a southward direction. 



9. Their appearance is regular and certain. 



