XVIII EXPLANATION OF CHARTS. 



IX. In this locality the schooner Carl Schurz secured a fare of 90,000 pounds of halibut in April and May, 1879. 

 Many other good fares have been taken in the same place, and also a short distance to the north'w^estward, in the 

 winter and spring. 



X. A fare of halibut was taken at this place by the schooner Centennial in May, 1878. 



XI. A fare of 100,000 pounds of halibut by the schooner M. H. Perkins in May, 1879. 



XII. Miquelon Beach halibut grounds. Halibut were very abundant here in the summer from 1868 to 1870, but 

 have been scarce since then. 



XIII. Pass Island halibut grounds. Fish were very abundant for two or three seasons, from 1870 to 1872, over 

 an area not exceeding three miles across,- and with a depth of about 160 fathoms. Many good fares were obtained, 

 but the fish have been scarce since 1872. 



XIV. Between 1865 and 1870 many halibut were caught on the northern part of Bank St. Pierre, within and 

 near the dotted line. 



