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only employ the coast guard and custom house 

 officers to collect the information required. In 

 many cases this would be a blessing, as it would 

 give occupation to men who, in many instances, 

 are at a loss for regular work. These returns 

 should furnish an account of every kind and quan- 

 tity of animal taken from the sea on our coast, 

 from the whale to the shrimp, and would not in 

 any way interfere with this branch of national 

 industry, but would on the contrary tend to its 

 increase as well as to furnish an immense amount 

 of most useful and interesting information. It is 

 a very suitable question for some independent 

 member to bring before the legislature, and try 

 to obtain for the public the information now with- 

 held, possibly by favoritism, as it is continued for 

 Scotland, &c. 



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