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TOTAL VALUE OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES IN 1848. 



Qoantitj. Talae. Pounds sterling 



Codfish (quintals) 558,640 $1,566,919 



Fish Oil (gallons) 165,210 73,654 

 Tongaes and Sounds, 



(barrels) 607 3,370 

 Halibut, Hake, and 



Pollock (quintals) 44,933 99,491 



Mackerel (barrels) 173,256 1,274,104 

 Shad, Herring, Ale- 



wives,Bluefish,Lob- 



sters, Ac 150,000 



£633,507 



Value of the Whale OU in 1845 :— 



Sperm OU, $6,223,276 



Whale Oil, 2,961,619 



Other Oil, 28,754 



Whalebone, 1,147,518 



£2,074,233 



Total, £2,707,740 



The value of the Fresh Fish consumed in the 

 United States must be enormous ; probably much more 

 than the above. 



A great quantity of salt is manufactured in the 

 United States, which is used in the Fisheries, as well 

 as for other purposes. The first salt produced by 

 solar evaporation in America was made in the town of 

 Dennis, near Cape Cod, in the year 1776. In the 

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