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other words some one per cent., which applied to the whole catch of 

 that year, would give some twenty-five hundred barrels mackerel, only 

 that were caught within said three-mile line in said year of 1871. 



That in the year ending December 20th, 1872, there were inspected in 

 this Commonwealth one hundred and eighty one-thousand nine hundred 

 and fifty-seven barrels of mackerel, and no more ; and that of this num- 

 ber he has affidavits as aforesaid, covering some one hundred and twenty- 

 eight thousand barrels, and no more, of said mackerel, of which only 

 some sixteen hundred barrels were caught within said three-mile line, 

 or, in other words, some one and one-sixth per cent., which applied to 

 the whole catch of that year, would give some two thousand one hun- 

 dred and twenty-three barrels of mackerel only that were caught within 

 said three mile line in said year of 1872. 



That in the year ending December 20th, 1873, there were inspected in 

 said Commonwealth, one hundred eighty-five thousand seven hundred 

 and forty-eight barrels of mackerel, and no more ; and that of this num- 

 ber he has affidavits as aforesaid, covering some one hundred and forty- 

 one thousand barrels, and no more, of said mackerel, of which only some 

 twenty-four hundred barrels were caught within said three-mile line, 

 or, in other words, some one and three eighths per cent., which, applied 

 to the whole catch of that year, would give some twenty-eight hundred 

 barrels of mackerel only that were caught within said three mile line in 

 said year of 1873. 



That in the year ending December 20th, 1874, there were inspected 

 in said Commonwealth, two hundred and fifty-eight thousand three hun- 

 dred and eighty barrels of mackerel, and no more; and that of this 

 number he has affidavits as aforesaid, covering some one hundred and 

 eighty four thousand barrels, and no more, of said mackerel, of which 

 only some eight hundred barrels were caught within said three-mile 

 line, or, in other words, some three-sixteenths of one per cent., which, 

 applied to the whole catch of that year, would give some eleven hun- 

 dred barrels of mackerel only that were caught within said three mile 

 line in said year of 1874. 



That in the year ending December 20th, 1875, there were inspected in 

 said Commonwealth, one hundred and thirty thousand and fourteen 

 barrels of mackerel, and no more; and that he has affidavits covering 

 some ninety thousand barrels, and no more, of said mackerel, of which 

 only some three hundred barrels were caught within said three-mile line, 

 or in other words, some one third of one per cent., which applied to the 

 whole catch of that year, would give some four hundred and thirty-three 

 barrels of mackerel only that were caught within the said three-mile 

 line in said year of 1875. 



That in the year ending December 20th, 187C, there were inspected in 

 said Commonwealth, two hundred and twenty -five thousand nine hun- 

 dred and forty-one barrels of mackerel, and no more ; and that he has 

 affidavits as aforesaid, covering some one hundred and ninety thousand 

 barrels, and no more of said mackerel, of which only some three hun- 

 dred barrels were caught within said three mile line, or in other words, 

 some one-sixth of one per cent., which, applied to the whole catch of 

 that year, would give some three hundred and seventy-six barrels of 

 mackerel only that were caught within said three mile line in said year 

 of 1876. And said deponent doth further depose and say, upon his best 

 judgment, information and belief, that of the whole number of barrels 

 of mackerel inspected in said Commonwealth, from 1867 to 1876, inclu- 

 sive, amounting to nearly two million two hundred thousand barrels, 

 not more than some twenty-three thousand barrels were caught within 



