204 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Quite a business has been carried on for some years in the manufact- 

 ure of fish barrels, and three or four parties have in the past devoted 

 their entire time to this work. About 1860 there were annually made 

 on the islands from four thousand to five thousand half-barrels, but the 

 fishermen now use quantities of second-hand packages and only about 

 two thousand new ones are made by three coopers. 



The boats used in the fisheries are also built here, one man giving his 

 entire attention to boatbuilding. He is assisted by others when occa- 

 sion requires, though, owing to the staunchness and consequent long 

 life of the boats, he can usually keep up with the demand without 

 additional aid. 



