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CHAPTER IV. 



SALT-WATER FISHERIES. 



COD-LIVEB OIL. 



Maine and Massachusetts 



make annually about 



5000 bbls. common oil, 



i«K^ such as is generally used 



for tanning purposes, or 



150,000 gals., at 80 cts. $120,000 00 



200 bbls. superior oil, used 



^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ for medical pm-poses, 



i iW^^BH^^^^^^^p ^iid made at Gloucester 



i '''^)-^~S^^^^^^^^^K and Rockport, 6000 gal- 



£:x^_lJ^^^H^^^^^S Ions, at $1 50...:...'..... $9,000 00 



TONGUES AND SOUNDS. 



The yearly catch of Glouces- 

 ter vessels averages 1000 

 bbls., at |8 $8,000 00 



DKIED CODFISH. 



Massachusetts. The av- 

 erage annual make is 



350,000 quintals, at $6 $2,100,000 00 



Maine. The average annual make is 200,000 quintals, at $6.. 1,200,000 00 



$3,300,000 00 



HALIBUT FISHERY. 



Halibut caught by vessels of Gloucester, Massachusetts, aver- 

 age annually, for five years past, 10,000,000 lbs., at 10 cts.. $1,000,000 00 



Yearly catch by Boston vessels, 2,500,000 Ibs.^at 10 cts 250,000 00 



$1,250,000 00 



. SSIOKING SALMON AND HALIBUT. 



One Boston house smoljes 10,000 bbls. annually, at the average 



price per bbl. of 1 ". „$380,000 00 



Do., 10,000bbls., I M0,000 00 



Do., 13,000 quintii) '^moked halibut, 9 cts. per lb 131,040 00 



$611,040 00 



THE EASTPORT FISHEHT. 



Fish caught and cnr xi in the vicinity of Eastport, Maine : 

 SO 000 boxes smoked herrings, 40 cts $12,000 00 



' A quintal is 112 lbs. 



