178 

 STATEMENT—ConilnuecI 



Year. 



Exports. 



Barrels. 



Kegs. 



Value. 



Imports - 



Dollars. 



Barrels. 



1326. 



18-27. 

 1828. 

 1829. 

 1830. 

 1831. 

 1832. 

 1833. 

 1834. 

 1835. 

 1S36. 

 1837. 

 1838. 

 1639. 

 1840. 

 1841. 

 1842. 

 1843. 

 1844. 

 1845. 

 1846. 

 1847. 

 1848. 

 1849. 

 1850. 

 1351. 



85, 445 

 6G, 123 

 63, 928 

 61,629 

 66, ]]3 

 91,787 

 102,770 

 86, 442 

 61,638 

 51,66] 

 48, 182 

 40,516 

 41,699 

 23, 831 

 42,274 

 36, 508 

 40, 846 

 30, 544 

 46. 170 

 44,203 

 57, 060 

 31,361 

 23, 7.36 

 25, 835 

 19, 944 

 21,214 



11,4.59 

 7,446 

 4,205 

 S,207 

 6, 723 

 8, 594 

 4.030 

 3,636 

 2,344 

 3,487 

 3,575 

 3.430 

 2,667 

 3,975 

 2, 2,52 

 3, 349 

 4,559 



3,215 



257, 180 

 240,276 

 240, 737 

 220.527 

 225,987 

 304,441 

 308,812 

 277,973 

 223, 290 

 224,639 

 221,426 

 181,334 

 192, 7.58 

 141,320 

 179, 106 

 148,973 

 162, 326 

 116,042 

 197, 179 

 208, 654 

 230, 495 

 136,221 

 109, 315 

 93, 085 

 91,445 

 113, 932 



1,342 



1,680 



955 



1,232 



2, 727 



7, 320 



2,400 



2,512 



3,747 



13,843 



14, 107 



7,910 



7,493 



25, 493 



18,013 



14,678 



12,334 



43, 542 



30, 506 



31,402 



31,113 



122, .594 



138,508 



106, 300 



145, 368 



THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



From the settlement of New England to the year 1S52. 



It is frequently said that the mackerel fi.shery is of very recent origin, 

 or that, at least, vessels were not employed in it until about the close of 

 the la.st or the beginning of the present century. Both suppositions are 

 entirely erroneous. The Indians, regardless of the beautiful form and 

 color of the fish, called it wavcwumiekeseag, on account of its fatness. 

 There is mention of it in the earliest records of the country. Winthrop 

 relates that, in 1G33, the ship Griffin, two days before her arrival at 

 Boston, lost a passenger by drowning, as he was casting forth a line to 

 catch mackerel. The first settlers must have commenced the fishery 

 soon after, since — to omit several minor incidents — we have the fact 

 that Allerton, one of the Pilgrims who came over in the Mayflower, 

 received mackerel for sale at New Haven, on "half profits," in the year 

 1G53. That the business was prosecuted with success is evident from 

 the additional fact, that in 1660 the commissiono'-<' nl the colonies of 

 New England recommended to the general court.*; of the confederacy 

 to regulate it, "considering" that "the fish is the most staple com- 



