[191] HISTOEY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



MACKEREL INSPECTION IN MASSACHUSETTS.— Continued. 

 STATEMENT II. — Showing the total number of barrels inspected, #c — Continued. 



a The reports of the Boston fish bureau give the number of barrels packed in Massachusetts in 

 1878, 144,205 barrels ; in 1879, 156.125 barrels ; in 1880, 255,986 barrels ; in 1881, 269,495 barrels. These 

 figures for 1880 and 1881 are probably nearer than the inspection returns to the actual product of the 

 fishery, since some 5 per cent, of the catch escapes inspection. 



