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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



or in the factory work to fifty men. From the 6,000,000 menhaden annually handled are produced 

 about 12,000 gallons of oil and 400 tons of guano. The capital invested in buildings and fixtures 

 is about $10,000 ; in vessels and outfitting $4,800. Horn Harbor and Milford Haven, deep inden- 

 tations in the coast, furnish extensive planting grounds for oysters as well as a safe harbor to a 

 large number of tongers who work on the oyster beds of the Piankatank and Rappahannock. 



The pound-net fisheries of York River and Mobjack Bay and the bay shore from New Point 

 to the Piankatauk are prosecuted in common by the citizens of York, Gloucester, and Mathews 

 Counties. The following tables give the statistics of these fisheries for 1880: 



TOO'S POINT POUNDS. 

 PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. 



CATCH FOR 1879-'SO. 



SUMMARY. 



Men engaged in Too's Point fishery 35 



Capital invested $12,200 00 



Aggregate annnal return for these fisheries 26, 582 56 



YORK SPIT POUNDS. 



PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. 



CATCH FOR 1879-'80. 



