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Statement of the tonnage and men employed in the 

 Bank or Cod Fishery of the United States, the 

 product of the same, and the amount of allowances 

 paid to the owners of vessels engaged in the Fish- 

 eries, during the year ending 30th June, 1848 : — 



Vessels 



Number. Tonnage. 

 . 1,597 86,069 



Men. 

 8,495 



Boys. 



484 



Quantity. Value. 



Codfish (cwt.) 558,640 $1,566,919 



Fish Oil (gallons) 165,210 73,654 



Tongues and Sounds (bbls.) 607 3,370 



Halibut, Hake, and Pollock (cwt.) . 44,933 99,491 



Total value $1,743,434 



Amount of allowances paid, $243,432. 



Statement of the quantity of Pickled Fish exported 

 from the United States, the bounty paid on export- 

 ation, and the amount of allowances paid to the 

 owners of vessels employed in the Bank or Cod 

 Fishery, from 1843 to 1848, inclusive : — 



