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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF TDE FISHERIES. 



and other shell-fish. Besides these productions of the waters there were gathered from the shore 

 34,927 cords of sea-drift, valued at $37,604, and 1,540 tons of salt hay, worth $12,320. The Rhode 

 Island State Census for 18C5 gives the following figures to show the products of the fisheries for 

 that year: Fish seined for manure and oil, 154,468 barrels, worth $120,035; fish caught for food, 

 2,462,360 pounds, $121,094; clams, 31,697 bushels, quahaugs, 9,241 bushels, scallops, 9,653 

 bushels, oysters, 72,895 bushels, and lobsters 42,900 pounds, having a total value of $118,655; 

 sea-drift, 34,146 cords, $38,083; and salt hay, 2,116 tons, $18,545. The aggregate value of the 

 products of the waters and shores of the State was $422,412. 



STATISTICAL SUMMATION OF RHODE ISLAND FISHERIES FOR 1880. The following state- 

 ments show the statistics of the Rhode Island fisheries in 1880. The number of persons employed 

 is 2,310, the capital invested is $596.678, and the value of products is $880,915. The menhaden 

 industry employs 608 men, some of whom are also engaged in the capture of food fish; the capital 

 invested is $304,300, and the value of products is $221,748. In the oyster business 650 persons 

 are employed; the capital invested is $110,000, and the value of the products is $356,925. 



Summary statement of persons employed and capital invested. 



a In menhaden factories, $77,900; in other fishery industries, $126,950. 

 Detailed statement of capital investtd in vessels, boats, nets, and traps. 



Detailed statement of the quantities and values of the products. 



and natnsn, 352,400 pounds ; mackerel, 89,000 pounds ; white aud yellow perch, 30,000 pouuda ; salmon, 400 pounds ; scup or porgy, 6, 

 pounds ; shad, 48, 100 pounds ; smelts, 95,000 pounds ; squeteague, 326,000 pounds ; awordfish, 90,000 pounds ; mixed fiah, 356,750 pounds. 



