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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



luinilecl nliilc/iicut of tin- quantities and rallies of //it products Continued. 



ft i Ilii:iIJrrnn'llt in ] 



b Includes $25,000 enhancement in ivfinim:. 



N r 01 r. Tlu- MM nli:iil( n 1'iniulit by Xi-w Er-dfoicl vessels were sold tu oil 1'urtoin-s in olhiT Stjiirs ;md :m- rn-litrd to lliis distiu-t at tln-ir 

 value- 1" tin ' . -I Thi'ir 'iihimri d viiliu- H.H oil ;md LIU;* no in nvdil.'il lo tin Si :i(rs <A In-ie the facturirs an- lora (<-<!. 



SO. AGAWAM TO FAIRHAVEX. 



AUAWAM tsTATJON. At A.L;;n\;iin station, in East Wareliain, .3 miles inland 1'roui the noillu-ni 

 end. cf Buzzard's Bay, is Half- way- pond River. This empties into the '\Yaieham Rive;', and the 

 laiteu into the l>ay. Lart>e bodies ol'aleMives annually pass from the hay up these livers lo spawn, 

 i e: nsiderable number being' taken at East Warehani. The State law determines the time \vheu 

 they may be taken; this period is between April 1 and June 1. The exact time when they may be 

 eaiii:ht, the price at which they may be sold to citizens, and other regulations are, left to :s com- 

 iniUe.- oi' three from each of the towns of Wareliam and Plymouth. This committee sHl.s the 

 exclusive privilege of the catch at auction, and $400 to $500 a season is generally realized by the 

 sale. The price \vhich the citizens must pay is fixed by the committee at 10 cents a hundred tisb, 

 or 01 cents a barrel; one barrel is allowed to each iuha-bitant who may desire it. No lish may be 

 sold to any except citizens for the space of two hours after the tish are caught, but after that time 

 they may be sold to any person at such price as can be agreed upon. Provision is made that 

 citizens shall always be able to obtain a limited supply at the price already mentioned, namely, 

 lii cents a hundred. The bulk of the catch is sold by peddlers through the neighboring towns. 

 At the present time the catch is not more than two-thirds as large as it was a number of years 

 ago. lu 1S80 the fisheries of this place gave employment to six men for 2 months. The catch 

 was 700 barrels of alewives, worth $l,OoO. 



Mr. Ingersol! gives the following report on the present condition of the oyster industry of 

 \Yareham and vicinity: 



"About 5 years ago no oyster was better received in the Boston market than that from Ware- 

 ham; it held the first place. Though it has lost this distinction by 'opening' poorly of late, it is 

 still of fine quality and in demand by the neighborhood markets. Wagon-loads are sent off to 

 Plymouth, Middleborough, and elsewhere, frequently through the winter; and during the seasou of 

 1S77- ? 7S the Old Colony Railway carried 7SO bushels in shell from the Wareliam station, and about 

 l.v. gallons of opened stock. From East Wmx-haui (Agawain station) there were shipped, during 

 the winter of ISTT-'TH, 9L'4 bushels in shell, while partial accounts of the next season (1S79-'SO) 

 indicate a huge increase. Uy far the larger part of the yield, however, is sold small, as 'seed 



