478 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



33. What the nature of the epidemic is, I cannot say; I have known 

 them to die to some extent. 



34. Purse-seines. 



35. Five hundred yards long and 50 deep. 



36. Oat-boats of 6 tons. 



37. Seven men. 



40. They move against the wind. 



41. I believe there are none in the State. 



42. Used for oil and scrap; the oil is sent to New York, the scrap to 

 Baltimore. 



43. There are now none. 



46. The Excelsior Company's cost $30,000; Church & Company's cost 

 $5,000; A<lams & Company's cost 85,000. 



47. Twenty-five cents. 



48. One barrel of fish produces IJ gallons of oil. 



49. Seventy-five gallons. 

 52. Yes. 



54. New York. 



55. Baltimore, Md. 



56. For tanning purposes. 



58. Does not perceptibly (1874). Yes (1875). 



72, Statement of W. A. Ham, Morris Island, 8. C, January 21, 1875. 



In reply to circular dated December 20, 1873, requesting information 

 of fisheries and the habits of fish on this coast, I would say that there 

 are no fisheries near this station, and the only fish that are caught here 

 are the -whiting, trout, and sheephead, and those in very small num- 

 bers. 



73. Statement of Patriclc Conner, Davfttslcie Island Light, S. C, March 



15,3875. 



1. Mossbuuker, or bony shad. 



2. There are five hundred thousand per cent, more than any other. 



3. It has increased. 



4. None. 



5. There is no capture of them to have any effect. 



6. In May. The main body come in June; they are; there are. 



7. They swim high, make a ripple, and attract birds. 



8. I know not their route; they come into the sound and go out with 

 the tide. 



9. It is. I never knew them to fail. 



10. I cannot say. I never saw them caught. 



11. They come in with the flood and go out with the ebb. 



