26 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [24] 
Oil rendering. 
Whale-oil and its applications. 
Menhaden oil. 
Cod-liver oil. 
Other fish-oil. 
METHOD OF INVESTIGATION. 
Every manufacturing establishment should be visited, and as fully 
described as may be possible. When practicable, statistics of the busi- 
ness should be obtained. Secrecy may be promised when necessary. 
Where the parties interested in manufacturing are unwilling to impart 
information, estimates should be obtained from their neighbors. 
Answer specifically these questions: 
1. What are the principal markets for the fish? 
2. Are there establishments for canning fish? Are there establish- 
ments for canning lobsters? Are there establishments for canning 
oysters? . : 
3. Are tbere establishments for smoking? 
. Are there establishments for oil manufacturing ? 
. Are there establishments for guano manufacture? 
. Are there establishments for isinglass manufacture ? 
. Enumerate these, and obtain statistics as fully as possible. 
. Are the roes of cod saved for use as bait or to be exported? If so, 
get statistics. 
AD OF 
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VIL—ECONOMY OF THE FISHERIES. 
METHOD OF TREATMENT IN REPORT. 
The following questions to be considered in all their bearings for each 
report. They should be worked out very fully. 
A.—Fishery capital and capitalists. 
Building vessels or purchase. 
Capital invested in vessels: 
In gear or outfit ; 
In stores for trip or season. 
Manner of insurance: 
Relations to crew; 
Manner of ‘‘lay” or copartnership system. 
Disposition of fish: ¢ 
Whether sold fresh or cured by the owners of vessels. 
B.—Labor in the fisheries. 
Relations of crew to “ fitters-out.” 
Shares in the “lay” or copartnership. 
