Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-10
lst. The pro'lace oe the yea.
2nd. The produce OF the Forest.

LIST. The produce oe the .sss
End. The produce OF Che Forest
3rd. The produce OF .9e'riCuilste
fth. .iidnufgcl,HeS; and those which are ua-
certain.
With the latter, We have vet nathin" 20 do
rs, we have confnei our views, for the present to
the sttib'e articles OF tiie country TIE products OF
the soil, Or tie water.
MIR. Pitkin, ia his 60 s'gfisficdl pier, oC i Conn
merce ct the United States of h,neriea n, r,n,,.r-
ton With Agriculture and Manufacturer has d.
dcptec the same analytical divisions which are
useful, no. only Tor the arrangement of our
own IDEAS, hut AS they give bir,s-eye yiegy of
tho various pursis and callings of our fellow
Zeus.
LIST. THE PnoDUcTs OF Tue SEA
1T the very frs, mention OF this name. we are
carried back 10 New-England. The Seals = SCR,
OF classic ground on which the Fisherman of the
North delights TO I'VE feel at once thu,
we are deseantins on one Of the staples of the
Northern States.
The principal products of the sea are drawn
iren the fisheries of the ccd and the zpial-.-The
r!oer fisheries, as those of the herring, the sha,l
the salmon, mackarel, &c though, very useful
here and there, Gas for Instance the shad from the
bosom OF the James river) not large enough
TO eater into any general view OF our commercial
exports.
The Codfshsiy-frOm the very cradle, has been
OF great interest to the supply of Massachusetts
aud New Hampshire. Situated more in the prov
unity OF the shoals Of cci, which swarm along the
banks Of newfoundland. they have turned their At
tention TO this source OF subsistence and wealth.
L he shipbuilder has been encouraged in his ar. :
thousands OF hardy seamcn have been reared in
this nursery Of his profession.
MI JOHN Adams whose heart, amidst all its
tobes, has beat high for The interests and glory of
ms country, was SO aware OF the importance of the
eOd-hshery, that he refused to sign the treaty of
IS ultil the right expressly reserved TO the
people of the u. States "to take fish of every
End on the Grand BANK, and on all the other
banks of Northumberland, in the Gulph of ST.
Lawrence, and al. other places in the sen,
where the Inhabitants u both countries used at any
time to hsa'-vith the liberty also, of fishing on
such part OF the coast of Newfoundland as
british fishermen used and also on the coasts
bays and creeks oil all the other parts ofthe British,
commons, but not to dry cure the fish on the
ISLAND OF observation-disclosures on any Of the bsvs
or harbors elsewhere, except SO long as they re-
manned unsettled.
The cod.iishery did not thrive considerably for
several years--until representation vas made
tn congress by the Legislature OF Massachusetts
m 1890, and luminous REPORT was penned by
hir. Jefferson, then Secretary Of State law
was then passed for giving bounty on the erDor.a-
aon @! salted fish, drawback of the duty imbo-
sed on imported sait-whch WAS followed up by a
certain compensation to such vessels as were enga-
Sed tor certain number OF months in the cod-fshe.
ny.
Massachusetts, owns most of the vessels employed
tho New-Hamp shre, isdoje-Island, Come licut
and New-York participate of the business.
in The year, 1907, the greatest amount of tom
mage ever employed, being $500 tons of which
62, BIS belonged 10 Massachusetts,. The secretary
OF the treasury, estimated the number of seamen,
an an average OF ten years, from 1871 to 1900,
5000, and the average tonnage at 35,000.-From
1901 20 1907, the average ofthe tonnage was about
$1,000; ofseamen, about 1000.
The Dalae ofthe dried aud the biciied ish, ex-
ported since 1902, is estimated. according to the
Treasury Reports. as follows: