tallyman

tally n First the fish had to be landed from the several vessels, schooners or boats, culled by specially sworn cullers, tallyed by a special tallyman , and each evening the tallyman came to the office and gave in his returns to Jim Foley, who had charge of the large fish book. This book gave the na...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1977
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74203
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Summary:tally n First the fish had to be landed from the several vessels, schooners or boats, culled by specially sworn cullers, tallyed by a special tallyman , and each evening the tallyman came to the office and gave in his returns to Jim Foley, who had charge of the large fish book. This book gave the names, the quantities in quintals of the various qualities of fish received from each dealer or fisherman, as the case may be. When the receipts were made out and each quality priced by one of the Messrs. Bowring, of (over) PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story 1/77 JH 2/77 Used I and Sup Not used Used I The content of the card is continued on the other side of the card. "T_14117"