234 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [4] 
per pound. Proportions of flesh, refuse, &c., as per Table I. Total 
weight of one dressed fish, 2,780 grams=6 pounds 2.1 ounces. 
No. IV. Eels (salt water) (Anguilla rostrata). 
Dressed, 7. e. skin, head, and entrails removed. Price 15 cents per 
pound. The proportions of flesh, refuse, &c., in Table I are those of 
eleven fish, which were not weighed separately. The total weight was 
1,365 grams=3 pounds 0.3 ounces. 
No. V. Alewives (Pomolobus vernalis). 
Caught in the Connecticut River. Price 12 cents per dozen. Twelve 
whole fish weighed 2,566 grams=) pounds 1.5 ounces. The cost per 
pound was thus 24 cents. The proportions of flesh and refuse in four 
of the fish were as per figures in Table I, in which table are given cor- 
responding data for samples which follow. 
No. VI. Shad (Alosa sapidissima). 
From the Hudson River. Price 20 cents per pound. Two whole fish 
weighed 1,925 grams=4 pounds 3.9 ounces. 
No. VIL. Striped Bass (Roccus lineatus). 
From Connecticut River. Price 20 cents per pound. One whole fish 
weighed 2,055 grams=4 pounds 8.5 ounces. 
No. VIII. Mackerel (Scomber scombrus). 
Price 15 cents each. Four whole fish weighed 1,280 grams=2 pounds 
13.1 ounces, which would make the price about 20 cents per pound. 
No. 1X. Halibut (Hippoglossus americanus). 
Section of fatter portion of body. Price 15 cents per pound. 
No. X. Shad (Alosa sapidissima). 
From Connecticut River. Price 8 cents per pound. One whole fish 
weighed 1,595 grams=3 pounds 3 ounces. 
No. XI. Cod (Gadus morrhua). 
Price, 8 cents per pound. One fish, dressed, 7. e., with head and 
entrails removed, weighed 2,532 grams=5 pounds 9.3 ounces. 
No. XII. Biue Fish (Pomatomus saltatriz). 
Price 10 cents per pound. One fish, entrails removed, weighed 1,400 
grams=5 pounds 1.3 ounces. 
No. XIII. Mackerel (Scomber scombrus). 
Price 18 cents per pound. Two whole fish weighed 8,982 grams=19 
pounds 12.1 ounces. 
No. XIV. Salmon (Salmo salar). 
Sample furnished by Mr. E. G. Blackford, 74, 75, 76, and 80 Fulton 
Market, 134 Beekman street, and 223 Front street, New York City. 
From Maine. One fish, entrails removed, weighed 4,764.3 grams=10 
pounds 8 ounces. 
No. XV. Porgy (Stenotomus argyrops). . 
Four whole fish weighed 1,290.5 grams=2 pounds 13.5 ounces. 
