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  Table 
  showing 
  the 
  Value 
  of 
  Sperm-oil, 
  Whale-oil, 
  and 
  Whalebone 
  

   landed 
  by 
  the 
  American 
  Fleet, 
  the 
  Value 
  of 
  the 
  Consumption 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  and 
  the 
  Value 
  of 
  the 
  Exportation 
  annually 
  from 
  

   1870 
  to 
  1880. 
  

  

  Year. 
  

  

  Landed 
  by 
  the 
  fleet.* 
  

  

  Consumption 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States. 
  

  

  Exportation. 
  

  

  1870 
  .... 
  

  

  $4,529,126 
  

  

  $2,896,883 
  

  

  $1,476,864 
  

  

  1871 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  3,691,469 
  

  

  2 
  , 
  798 
  , 
  408 
  

  

  1,479,153 
  

  

  1872 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  2,954,783 
  

  

  2,081,468 
  

  

  1,374,098 
  

  

  1873 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  2,962,106 
  

  

  1,947,037 
  

  

  929,247 
  

  

  1874 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  2,7i3>°34 
  

  

  2,154,638 
  

  

  1,179,286 
  

  

  1875 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  3,314,800 
  

  

  1,700,823 
  

  

  1,494,727 
  

  

  1876 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  2,639,463 
  

  

  1,346,828 
  

  

  1,487,533 
  

  

  1877 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  2,309,5 
  6 
  9 
  

  

  I,II3,68l 
  

  

  924,175 
  

  

  1878 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  2,232,029 
  

  

  849,043 
  

  

  1,357,162 
  

  

  1879 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  2,056,069 
  

  

  1,345,582 
  

  

  582,994 
  

  

  1880 
  .... 
  

  

  2,659,725 
  

  

  1,165,944 
  

  

  795,657 
  

  

  The 
  Menhaden 
  Fishery. 
  — 
  The 
  commercial 
  importance 
  of 
  

   the 
  Menhaden 
  (Brevoortia 
  tyrannies) 
  has 
  but 
  lately 
  come 
  

   into 
  appreciation. 
  Twenty-five 
  years 
  ago, 
  and 
  before, 
  it 
  

   was 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  very 
  small 
  value. 
  A 
  few 
  millions 
  

   were 
  taken 
  every 
  year 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  Bay, 
  Long 
  Island 
  

   Sound, 
  and 
  the 
  inlets 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  A 
  small 
  portion 
  of 
  

   these 
  were 
  used 
  for 
  bait 
  ; 
  a 
  few 
  barrels 
  were 
  occasionally 
  

   salted 
  in 
  Massachusetts, 
  to 
  be 
  exported 
  into 
  the 
  West 
  

   Indies. 
  Large 
  quantities 
  were 
  ploughed 
  into 
  the 
  soil 
  of 
  

   the 
  farms 
  along 
  the 
  shores, 
  stimulating 
  the 
  crops 
  for 
  a 
  

   time, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  end 
  filling 
  the 
  soil 
  with 
  oil, 
  parching 
  it, 
  

   and 
  making 
  it 
  unfit 
  for 
  tillage. 
  Since 
  that 
  time 
  manifold 
  

   uses 
  have 
  been 
  found. 
  As 
  a 
  bait 
  fish 
  this 
  excels 
  all 
  

   others 
  ; 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  much 
  the 
  greatest 
  share 
  of 
  our 
  

   mackerel 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  its 
  aid, 
  while 
  the 
  cod 
  and 
  halibut 
  

   fleet 
  use 
  it 
  rather 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  fish, 
  when 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  pro- 
  

   cured. 
  The 
  total 
  consumption 
  of 
  Menhaden 
  for 
  bait, 
  

  

  * 
  From 
  half 
  a 
  million 
  to 
  a 
  million 
  dollars' 
  worth 
  of 
  products 
  arc 
  

   carried 
  over 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year. 
  

  

  