Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-10-02
from The Gloucester telegraph

| general account OF the fisheries OF
Massachusetts and its ueighboring states
from the years l7S0 to 1910, made in the
year iSlo, by gentleman now deceased.
no was well acquainted with the husi.
ness, and who took very considerable
pains to make his statement correct il
having been made 10y particular request,
ana Tor special purpose. A copy Of the
estinatc here follows
lily calculation is, that there were
employed i'll the BaLk, Labrador aud
BAY Fisheries, in the years above men-
toned 1882 vessels yearly, viz: 5of To
the Banks, and 6iS 10 the BAY of Cha,eur
and Labrador. think that the 5S4
Bankers may tie put down at SO $40 IONS.
navigated by AGi7 men and boys, leach
vessel carrying one boy.) They take and
cure $1,000 quintals of fish; and ayera-
ging about three fares wear. and con-
sumo annually Sl,i70 hogsheads of salt
/ The average cost of their vessels is about
! S2joo each-the average price of their
ilSh at foicign maikets, is So per uuiutal.
These vessels also make from their fish am
nuaIly, Ia go barrels of oil, which com
mands about SO per barrel. Their
equipments cost about $500 each, annual
| ly exclusive of salt The GiS vessels that
tSh at the Labrador and in the bay put
down at Al 900 tons, naviga;ed by $500
men aud bnys.-they take and cure annual
iy, 5!o, 600 quintals of fish-they 90 but
one iare year, and consume annually
9',l00 hogsheads Of salt The average
cost oi the vessels is about 5000. and
! their equipments, provisions, &c is $3.50
each. This description of vessels is not
so valuable as the Bankers, more par,icu-
!aily that class which goes from the states
oil MaIne, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
as they arc mostly soops, of no very great
| vainc. Most of the vessels cure part of
their ilsh near the place where they catch
them, on the beach, rocks, &C., and the
rest alter their return home Several
cafgoes OF dry fish are shipped yearly from
the Labrador, directly for Europe. The
usual markets for these FISH are in the
Med'terfaneac-say AIicant, Leghorn.
Naples. Marse!lles, SC, as small fish are
preferred At these markets, and the great
er part OF the fish caught up the bay. and
at Labrador, are very small. The aver
age price of these fish. at the foreign mar
Ret is 50 per quin;al. These vessels also
make from their fish about 20, 900 barrels
CT Oh, which always meets ready sale at
handsome price, say from To %l2 per
barrel. The most OF il is consumed in the
United States.
Rccapif"lation.-l232 vessels EMPLOYED
IN the Bank, Bay and Labrador fisheries
measuring in tons, S5,I4O; number of
men they ale navigated by, 1850; mum.
Der Of hhds. of salt thev consume. IFS
80; number OF Guntals of fish they take.
los ,!Uo; number ~ barrels of oil made
81 go. There is also a description Of
vessels called jIggers, being small schoon.
ers, Oh about 80 TO 10 tons, which fish in
the south channels, en- the shoals. and
near Cape Sable-their number 500, and
carry about four or five hands each. saw
!2GO men, and take about rs 900 qIia,ais
cl tish annually, and consume 1900 hhds.
OF salt, and make about 1000 barrels of
on. Their fish is generally sold for the
west Indies, aud home consumption.
There is still another description Of
hsh;ng vessels, commonly called chebuc-
co boats or pink sterns , their number is
600, from 10 to IS tons, and carry two
men aud boy EACH say 1900 hands. aud
consume annually 1900 hhds. of salt
they fake and cure I20, 600 quintals of.
hsh, which are also used for the home and
west India markets. except the very trst
which they take early in the spring, beng
OF an excellent quality, are sent to the
BIlboa market, i'll Spain, where they bring
a great price.-These vessels measure
about l0,S00 tons, and make 1000 bar
re!s OF oil. There are also about 900
schooners employed in the mackeral fish
cry, measuring 5000 tons, carving 1000
men and boys, take $4,000 barrels mack
eral annually, and consume 5000 hhds. of
salt. The aiewve, shad, salmon, and
herring fisheries are immense, and con.
sumo great quantity of salt.
ToiaI-whoIe number Of fishing vessels Of
all descriptions, 1882
Measuring IN tons, 1880
Number Of men employed in
them, 15,O59
Number Of hogsheads of salt
consumed, 265 $40
Number of otis. fish taken and
cured, 1853 700
Number OF barrels Of oil, $500
Number Of barrels Of mackerel so 600
There are many persons who assert
that in one year there were at Labrador,
and up the bay, more than 1900 vessels.
besides the Bankers, but am very conf
dent that they are much mistaken"
OPENING OF THE TUNNEL.
On Friday, July 81, at twelve o'clock, the
grand railway tunnel, that ruDs,under tho town.
from the bank of Edge-hill to Mapping, was in
Pursuance Of advertisements, opened for the