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GEOGRAPHICAL EEVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



D.THE DISTRICT OF SALEM AND BEVERLY. 



62. REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT. 



PRESENT CONDITION OF THE FISHERIES. In the customs district of Salem are included the 

 fisheries of Beverly and Salem. The former place at one time had a large fleet of vessels in the 

 Bank cod fishery, but the fleet is now much reduced in numbers. Salem was in former years an 

 important fishing station, but it has now become an important manufacturing and commercial city. 

 The number of vessels belonging in this district is thirty-six, valued, with their outfit and appa- 

 ratus, at $105,139. The total capital invested in the fisheries is $209,784, and the value of the 

 products is $117,444. The number of persons employed in fishing or preparing fishery products 

 is three hundred and twenty. 



1 STATISTICAL SUMMATION FOR 1579. The following statement gives in detail the extent of 

 the fishing interests of Salem district: 



Summary statement of persons employed and capital invested. 



a Cash capital, $20,000; wharves, shorehouscs, and fixtures, $80,000. 

 Detailed statement of capital invested in vessels, loots, nets, and traps. 



Detailed statement of the quantities and values of the products. 



