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HISTORY AND METHODS OK THE FISHERIES. 



below tlio average of the coast south of Maine, and it is quite possible that the apparent disparity 

 of the yield on the Southern coast (of which we are iiot really entitled to .judge with the meagre 

 returns before us) would be in part explained by differences in the modes of manufacture. Florida 

 menhaden an- many of them very fat in the winter season, and there is no apparent reason why 

 the manufacture of oil and guano may not be successfully carried on on our Southern coast. 



The official returns of manufacturers may add some additional facts in reference to the yield 

 of fish in oil and guano and the comparative advantages of location. 



The following table and statement, quoted from Mr. Maddocks, give a comparative view of the 

 manufacture as carried on by the Maine Association and by all the rest of the United States for 

 the year 1876 : 



The most striking fact brought out in the comparison is that Maine realized, from 46 per cent, 

 of the fish, 71 per cent, of the oil. To this it may be added that from the use of $983,000 capital 

 Maine turned out a total product of $1,071,449 value, whereas the rest of the country realized 

 $637,600 from $1,767,000. 



9. STATISTICS OF THE FISHERY AND OF THE MANUFACTURE OF OIL AND GUANO. 



Tables showing statistics of the manufacture of menhaden oil and yuano in the United States in the years 1873 to 1*82. 

 [Compiled from the Annual Reports of the United States Menhaden Oil and Guano Associatinn. | 



