MASSACHUSETTS: BOSTON DISTRICT. 



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fishery, three the oyster fishery or carrying trade, and six the whale fishery. The tonnage of the 

 fleet is 5,422.25 tons. In the shore fisheries for cod, haddock, herring, and other fish there are 

 employed 188 boats and 42G men. 



Boston, the principal place in the district, has dl^ery large trade in fish, being one of the most 

 important markets in Kew England and the center of the trade in imported fish. A large capital 

 is invested here in buildings and wharves used in the fishery industry, and great quantities of 

 fresh and cured fish are annually distributed from here, as will be seen from the paragraphs on 

 Boston. The capital invested in the district is $3,218,949, and the value of the products, the catch 

 of fishermen of this district, is $1,020,360. The number of persons employed is 2,653. 



STATISTICAL SUMMATION FOR 1879. The following statements show in detail' the extent of 

 the fishing interests of Boston district: 



Summary statement of persona employed and capital inrested. 



Persons employed. 



Number of vessel fishermen 



Number of boat-fishermen 



Number of curora, packers, ^fitters, &o - 

 Number of factory hands 



Total . . 



aCah capital, $1, 190,000 ; wharves, shorehouses, and fixtures, $1,388,200 ; factory buildings and apparatus, $225,000. 

 Detailed statement of capital inrvtled in rcsseU, boats, nets, and traps. 



a Includes gear. 



Detailed statement of the. quantities and rallies of tlie products. 



