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H1STOKY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



days after their arrival the purchaser comes aboard with scales and proceeds to weigh the cargo 

 alive, changing them from one car to another across the scales. The expenses per smack in Havana 

 amount to nearly $100, and the other expenses per trip from $50 to $100. 



The manifests are made out by the party who clears the smack, generally the owners or agents, 

 then taken to the custom-house to be recorded and signed by the officials there. It is made out 

 in the following form : 



CLEARED BY FOGAETY & JOHNSON. 



Report and manifest of the cargo laden at the port of Key West, Fla., on board the American schooner Mary Matilda, whereof 



H. Taylor is master (or conductor), bound for Havana, Cuba, 



Signature of 



Collector of Customs. 



