236 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [6] 
New Jersey. Seventy-three whole fish weighed 1,023 grams. = 2 pounds 
4 ounces. 
No. XXIV. Spotted Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). 
Sample received from Mr. Blackford, March 16, 1880, ‘‘Cultiv wea 
Trout.” Six whole fish weighed 1,295 grams = 2 toni 13.7 ounces. 
No. XXV. Boned Codfish. 
Per label on box, ‘Packed and warranted by Henry Meigs & Co., 
Boston, Mass.,” ‘Snow flake” brand. Purchased April 8, 1880, in Mid- 
letown, in5 pound packages; price 50 cents each, or 10 cents per pound, 
The following statements were printed on the box: ‘This package con- 
tains pure codfish, and that the best that could be cured. Great care is 
taken in the selection, curing, and packing, and the fish is recommended 
to the consumer for its economy, convenience, cleanliness, and quality. 
In the fall of 1876 we introduced boned codfish in small boxes. * * * 
We have been experimenting with paper, and we have now to offer a 
paper box that is in every way water and air tight. The package is 
thus always neat, the contents clean, and there no longer escapes the 
fish odor, that to many is so offensive.” 
No. XX VI. Red Snapper (Lutjanus Blackfordii). 
From the eastern coast of Florida. Sample received from Mr. Black- 
ford April 20,1880. Entrails removed. Weight of sample,5,4{9 grams 
= 1° pounds 1.9 ounces. 
No. XX VII. California Salmon (Oncorhynchcus chouicha). 
From Sacramento River, California. Received from Mr. Blackford, 
April 20, 1880. Edible portion of the anterior part of body. The fish 
was evidently not very fresh. It emitted some odor, and in drying 
swelled a great deal, and became pasty. 
No. XXVIII. Smoked Halibut. 
Purchased in Middletown, Conn., April 29,1880. Part of one side of 
fish, including skin and a few small bones. Total weight of sample, 1,616 
grams. = 5 pounds 9 ounces. 
No. XXIX. Canned Salmon (Oncorhynchcus chouicha, probably). 
Put up by G. W. Hume & Co., San Francisco, Cal. One can, said to_ 
contain 2 pounds, cost 45 cents. Weight of entire sample, 8,700 grams = 
1 pound 14.7 ounces, which would make actual cost of the contents of 
can about 20 cents per pound. The sample had a good deal of oil. 
Solids and oil were crushed together in a mortar; the oil was readily 
absorbed, so that the sample was easily worked. 
No. XXX. Fresh Mackerel (Scomber scombrus). 
Caught off Cape May, N. J. Received from Mr. Blackford, May 11, 
1880. Total weight of four whole fish, 2,594 grams = 5 pounds 11.5 
ounces. 
No, XXXI. Porgies (Stenotomus argyrops). 
From Rhode Island. Received from Mr. Blackford, May 11, 1880. 
The fish were whole. Total weight, 2,847 grams = 6 aeamnle 4.4 ales: 
