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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Crown 1 ‘ Full ' ’ Brand. 
Barrels or lialf barrels of herrings for this brand shall contain full herrings of not less than 
10J inches in extreme length, as measured by the fishery officer’s gage, made for the purpose. 
Rejections under this brand shall be: 
(1) On original packing for spent, torn, or broken herrings, or herrings of bad or indifferent 
quality, if more than eighteen; or, on filling up, if more than nine. 
(2) On original packing if the undersized amount to more than eighteen; or, on filling up, to 
more than nine. And the parcel shall also be rejected if it should appear that the larger herrings, 
suitable for this brand, have been previously taken out. 
Crown “Mat. Full ’’ Brand. 
Barrels or half barrels of herrings for this brand shall contain full herrings well developed — 
the roe or milt being clearly seen at neck or throat without pressure — of not less than 9f inches in 
extreme length, as measured by the fishery officer’s gage, made for the purpose. Rejections 
under this brand shall be: 
(1) On original packing for spent, torn, or broken herrings, or herrings of bad or indifferent 
quality, if more than twenty-one; or, on filling up, if more than nine. 
(2) On original packing if the undersized amount to more than twenty-one; or, on filling up, to 
more than nine. And the parcel shall also be rejected if it should appear that the larger herrings 
suitable for this brand have been previously taken out. 
Crown “Spent’’ Brand. 
Barrels or half barrels of herrings for this brand shall contain spent herrings of not less than 
10 : } inches in extreme length, as measured by the fishery officer's gage, made for the purpose. 
Rejections under this brand shall be: 
(1) On original packing for torn or broken herrings, or herrings of bad or indifferent quality, 
if more than eighteen; or, on filling up, if more than nine. 
(2) On original packing if undersized amount to more than eighteen; or. on filling up, to more 
than nine. And the parcel shall also be rejected if the larger herrings have been previously 
taken out. 
Crown “ Mattie ” Brand. 
Barrels or half barrels of herrings for this brand shall contain herrings not eligible for any of 
the foregoing brands, and of not less than 9 inches in extreme length, as measured by the fishery 
officer’s gage, made for the purpose, but shall not contain headless herrings. Rejections under 
this brand shall be: 
(1) On original packing for torn or broken herrings, or herrings of bad or indifferent quality, 
if more than thirty; or, on filling up, if more than twelve. 
(2) On original packing if undersized amount to more than thirty; or, on filling up, to more 
than twelve. 
“ Repack ’’ Brand. 
For exportation out of Europe: 
1. The herrings for this brand shall have been pined in salt for not less than ten days, exclusive 
of the day of catch and the day of beginning to repack for branding. 
2. They shall be emptied out of each barrel or half barrel in which they were originally cured, 
and they shall be washed clean. 
3. They shall have the crown gut, if adhering to them, removed. 
4. They shall be repacked into the barrels or half barrels from which they were emptied and 
into as many additional barrels or half barrels as may be necessary. 
5. They shall be salted sufficiently, and be pickled with strong pickle made of clean salt. 
6. Every barrel or half-barrel shall be full bound at the head end as well as at the bottom end, 
and shall have at each end an iron hoop of 1 inch in breadth. 
