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CHAPTER IV. 

 SALT-WATER FISHERIES. 



COD-LIVER OIL. 



MAINE and Massachusetts 

 make annually about 

 5000 bbls. common oil, 

 such as is generally used 

 for tanning purposes, or 

 150,000 gals., at 80 cts.$120,000 00 



200 bbls. superior oil, used 

 for medical purposes, 

 and made at Gloucester 

 andRockport, 6000 gal- 

 lons, at $1 50 $9,000 00 



TONGUES AND SOUNDS. 



The yearly catch of Glouces- 

 ter vessels averages 1000 

 bbls., at $8 $8,000 00 



DRIED CODFISH. 



Massachusetts. The av- 

 erage annual make is 



350,000 quintals, at $6 $2,100,000 00 



Maine. The average annual make is 200,000 quintals, at $6.. 1,200,000 00 



$3,300,000 Ott 



HALIBUT FISHERY. 



Halibut caught by vessels of Gloucester, Massachusetts, aver- 

 age annually, for five years past, 10,000,000 Ibs., at 10 cts.. $1,000,000 00 



Yearly catch by Boston vessels, 2,500,000 Ibs., at 10 cts 250,000 00 



$1,250,000 00 



SMOKING SALMON AND HALIBUT. 



One Boston house smokes 10,000 bbls. annually, at the average 



price per bbl. of $38 $380,000 00 



Do., 10,000 bbls., at $10 100,000 00 



Do., 13,000 quintals* of smoked halibut, 9 cts. perlb 131,040 00 



$611,040 00 



THE EASTPORT FISHERY. 



Fish caught and cured in the vicinity of Eastport, Maine : 



30,000 boxes smoked herrings, 40 cts $12,000 00 



A quintal is 112 Ibs. 



