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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. Men. Boys. 

 . 1,597 80,069 8,495 484 



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 : — 



Pickled Fish exported 



Years. 



1843 

 1844 

 1845 

 1846 

 1847 

 1848 



Barrels. 



17,575 

 33,318 

 20,871 

 27,703 

 32,441 

 29,915 



Rate 

 per barrel. 



20 cents 



Bounty. 



2J cents. 



$8,615 



6,663 

 4,174 

 5,541 

 6,488 

 748 



Allow, to 



Fishing 



Vessels. 



$105,932 

 249,074 

 289,840 

 274,942 

 276,429 

 243,432 



Total 



Bounty & 



Allow. 



$173,247 

 255,737 

 294,014 

 280,483 

 282,917 

 244,180 



