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GEOGRAPHICAL EEVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



According to the statement of Buffalo dealers, the year 1879 was an exceptionally poor one. 

 The complaint -was made that Chicago, by paying higher prices than Buffalo could afford, received 

 a large portion of the products of the fisheries of the latter place, 



F._ LAKE ONTARIO AND ITS FISHERIES. 



239. STATISTICAL SUMMATION. 



Summary statement of persons employed. 



Detailed statement of capital inrested and apparatus employed. 



Detailed statement of the quantities and values of the products. 



240. THE FISHERIES OF THE AMERICAN SHORE. 



THE FISHERY INTERESTS OF THE LAKE. There is very little fishing carried on at the western 

 end of this lake and the few fish caught are taken by the fishermen for their own consumption. The 

 only fisheries which are of commercial importance are situated at the east end of the lake, near 

 the head of the Saint Lawrence River. 



There are no records to show the number of fishermen in the different villages, but the fol- 

 lowing summary, prepared from results of investigation, is probably very nearly correct: 



* From Fox Island to Sandy Creek. 



