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The amount of sales of poultry at the Quincy Market, Bos- 

 ton, for the year 1848, was six hundred and seventy-four thou- 

 sand four hundred and twenty-three dollars. The average 

 sales of one dealer alone, amounting to twelve hundred dollars 

 per week, for the whole year. The amount of sales for the 

 whole city of Boston, for the same year, (so far as attained, ) 

 was over one million of dollars. 



The amount of sales of eggs, in and around the duincy 

 Market, for 1848, was one million one hundred and twenty- 

 nine thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dozen, which, at 

 eighteen cents per dozen, (the lowest price paid, eleven and 

 one-half cents, and the highest, thirty cents per dozen, as 

 proved by the average purchases of one of the largest dealer's 

 books,) makes the amount paid for eggs, to be two hundred and 

 three thousand, three hundred and fifty-tivo dollars and thirty 

 cents. And from information already obtained from other egg 

 merchants, in the same city, the whole amount of sales will not 

 fall much, if any, short of a million of dollars, for 1848. 



ELIJAH PERRY, Chairman. 



Christopher B. MarslCs Statement. 



The large rooster and black hen were brought from Shan- 

 ghae, China, May, 1848. They are two to three years old. The 

 rooster weighed twelve pounds last May ; in June, we had ten 

 hens, four of which were pullets, raised from those brought 

 from Shanghae. 



From the 10th to the 20th of June, inclusive, these hens laid 

 ninety eggs. In July, we had seven hens, which laid, from the 

 10th to the 20th, inclusive, fifty eggs. 



The present month, we have eight hens, which laid, from 

 the 1st to the 10th, inclusive, fifty-seven eggs. They have 

 been fed, chiefly on corn, and shut up in a small enclosure. 

 The eggs have more than paid the expense of keeping. 



RoxBURY, September 24^/i, 1849. 



