ay REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [42] 
l.—Curing and marketing. 
71. What proportion of the alewives caught are consumed by the 
fishermen and their families? 
72. Where is the surplus marketed ? 
73. What proportion are sold fresh, salted, or smoked? Give the 
proportion sold in each way, or better still, if you can, the exact quan- 
tity sold in each way, and the purposes to which applied, especially the 
quantity used as bait. 
74. Describe the process of salting and smoking, and in what sort of 
packages they are sent to market. — 
75. Where are these marketed fish finally sold to consumers? 
76. What are the prices obtained by the fishermen for fresh, salted, 
and smoked fish? 
77. What are the prices paid by the consumers in different districts? 
78. Are alewives used to any extent for manure, or any other purpose 
except food for man? 
79. If there is a fishery for alewives in your neighborhood managed 
by a town or other municipality, state the rules governing the catching 
and distribution of the fish. 
J.—Sources of information. 
80. To what extent are the above statements drawn from your per- 
sonal experience and observation? Please to state what opportunities 
vou have had for observation. 
81. Can you name any persons who have made a study of the habits 
of these fish, or collected statistics in reference to them, or any fisher- 
men who have kept records of their catch? If so, please furnish their 
address. 
82. Are there any published statements that bear on this subject? 
NAME OF OBSERVER: . 
OCCUPATION: 
P. O. ADDRESS: 
DATE OF STATEMENT: 
Here furnish the names and addresses of any persons in your neigh- 
borhood engaged in the capture and curing of this fish. 
(30.) 
QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE SMELT AND THE SMELT 
FISHERIES.* 
OFFICE OF U.S. COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Washington, D. C. 
The American smelt, of which there are perhaps several species (the 
best known being the Osmerus viridescens), is a fish of considerable 
*These same questions may also be applied to the varjous species related to the 
alewife, the salmon, lake trout, whitefish, &c. 
