best judgment in conducting the voyage, but not imfrequently the 

 wisest calculations fail to achieve success, and it often happens that 

 one vessel will come in with a full load while another, with apparent- 

 ly equal chances for securing a fare, will be obliged to return with a 

 meagre catch. 



The largest fare of fresh halibut ever landed at Gloucester was 

 brought in by schooner Centennial, March 30, 1876, after an absence 

 in the Grand Bank fishery of only three weeks. Her catch weighed 

 off 129,557 pounds. The largest halibut fare from Georges Bank 

 ever landed was 65,000 Ibs., by sch. Pioneer, after a three weeks' 

 trip, the cook receiving $167 and the "high line" (or man making the 

 best catch) $181 as the result of the trip. The largest codfish fare 

 from Georges was that of the sch. Samuel R. Lane, in 1875, weigh- 

 ing 123,115 Ibs. The largest stock ever made on a Georges trip was 

 $2824.55, by the sch. Everett Steele, in 1865. The largest codfish 

 fare from the Banks was 240,000 Ibs., by the sch. Grand Master, in 

 1875. The largest stock in this fishery was made by sch. Reunion, 

 in twelve weeks in 1868, her catch being 153,044 Ibs. halibut and 23,- 

 875 Ibs. codfish, netting $8354. Sch. Gertie E. Foster landed last 

 year 668,517 Ibs. halibut, and 19,220 Ibs. codfish, stocking $26,071- 

 .56 in eleven months ; her master, Capt. Edward Morris, stocked 

 $64,769.78 in the years 1873-4-5. Sch. Alfred Walen made four 

 trips in eighty-six da}-s last year, taking 300,000 Ibs. halibut and 

 stocking $10,900 in that period. The highest price ever brought by 

 a halibut trip was 21 cts. per Ib. for white and 14 cts. per Ib. for 

 gray for 9000 Ibs. brought in by sch. T. L. Mayo. 



