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CENSUS STATISTICS OK THE MENHADEN INDUSTRY FOR 1880. 



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In 1880 the total number of persons employed in tlie menhaden lishery and in the manufacture 

 of the oil and guano was .'!,(>.'!,">; the capital invested was $2,362,841; and the value of the products 

 was $2,116.787. The detailed statistics for each State were as follows: 



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Capital inretstucl and ajiptiruliix employed. 



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"Includes $20.477, thn valnn nf mc-nliaden sold to factories outside tin- Statr m uwd lor bait. 

 A COMPARISON OP THE YIELD OF THE WHALE AND OTHER FISHERIES. 111 1875, the total 



amount of sperm oil from the American whale fisheries \vas 1 .(luo.nr.l gallons; of other whale oil, 

 1,4:14,186 gallons; in all, 2,505,137 gallons. The, amount of menhaden oil for the same year was 

 U,li] 8,487 gallons, an excess of 176,350 gallons. In 1874, the amount of menhaden oil was 3,372,837 

 gallons, exceeding that of whale oil by 1,115,597 gallons. 



