APPENDIX. MENHADEN FISHERY. 99 



Oil and Guano Association for the years 1874 (the first reported after its 

 organization) and 1881: 



1874. 

 Factories 

 Men at Factories 

 Fishermen - 

 Sailing vessels 

 Steamers 

 Oil (gallons) - 

 Scrap (tons) 

 Fish Caught ' 

 Capital invested - 



*Scrap in 1881 was all dried; in 1874 all crude or wet; when wet it 

 weighs two-thirds more than when dry. 



*No fish were taken on the coast of Maii'e in 1881; all reported were 

 caught between Cape Cod and the Capes of Virgin.... and were of unusu- 

 ally poor quality. 



The above Association was organized a* the U. S. Hotel, N. Y. City, 

 on Jan. 7, 1874, with the following officers: President, Luther Maddocks, 

 Maine; Vice-Presidents, George F. Tuthill, Greenport, L. I., and R. L. 

 Fowler, Guilford, Ct. ; Secretary and Treasurer, H. L. Dudley, New 

 London, Ct. ; Executive Committee, L. Maddocks and H. F. Brighton, 

 Maine, and David F. Vail, Riverhead, L. L Among its members were: 

 Falcon Oil Works, Greenport; Wells & Co., do. (and South Bristol, Me.); 

 T. F. Price, Greenport; Vail & Grifiing, Riverhead; W. H. H. Glover, 

 Southold; B. C. Cartwright, Shelter Island; M. P. Green, Promised Land; 

 J. Morrison Raynor, Greenport; Henry E. Wells, do. ; Wm. M. Tuthill & 

 Sons, East Marion; A. R. Comstock, Sayville; J. S. Marcy, Riverhead; 

 Benj. L. Potter (of East Marion,) Harvey's Wharf, Va. ; Belloste & Griffing, 

 do., do. ; Excelsior Oil & Guano Co., O. H. Bishop, Greenport. T. F. 

 Price was the Committee on Statistics for Long Island. Its annual state- 

 ments show the number of factories, of men employed therein, of fishermen, 

 of steam and sailing vessels employed, of gallons of oil and tons of scrap 

 manufactured, of fish caught, quantities of oil and scrap on hand at date of 

 report, average yield of oil, and capital invested. At the time of organiza- 

 tion the statistics reported (for 1873) were: Factories,62; capital, $2,388,- 

 000; fishermen employed. 1,197; men at factories, 1,109; sailing vessels, 

 383; steamers. 20; fish caught, 287,275,000; gallons oil, 2,214,800; tons 

 scrap (crude), 36,299. Inasmuch as a summary of these reports, not 

 available elsewhere, may be of value for the light they shed on various 

 important questions connected with the business, it is hereto annexed. 



1873 and 1874 — given in foregoing exhibit, 1875 — Factories, 60; 

 men, 2,633; steamers, 39; sailing vessels, 304; fish, 563,327,000; gallons 

 oil, 2,681,487; tons scrap (crude), 53,625; capital, $2,650,000. [At the 

 meeting — Providence, April 5, 1876 — when these statistics were reported, 

 Mr. L. C. d'Homergue addressed the Association on the advantages of 

 drying the scrap so as to put it in condition for export.] 



1876 — Factories, 64; sailing vessels, 320; steamers, 46; men, 2,758; 

 capital, $2,750,000; fish, 512,450,000; gallons oil, 2,992,000; tons scrap 

 (crude), 51,245. [At the meetings of 1875 and 1876, papers were read by 

 Sf Li Goodalej of SafcOj Me. , Upon the possibility 6f makihg' frem rti^- 



