594 HISTORY 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: 
OLEARED BY FOGARTY & JOHNSON. 
Report and mantfest 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. 
Shippers. Consignee. Jum Description (marka, &0.). Weight. 
a Kiloe. 
Master..........-. Manuel Suarez....| 2262 | 2,262 kilograms of live fish (estimated), 2, 262 
Ship-stores: 4 bbl. valued at $500, or1,000escudos. Noother 
beef, 3 bbl flour, merchandise on board. Vessel and cargo 
4 bbl. pork, cof- consigned to Manuel Suarez. 
fee, and small 
stores. | 
Signature of 
Collector of Customs. 
