OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



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these returns have been recorded, the remaining- oystennen merely 

 planting for their own use. In the towns of Barnstable and Ware- 

 ham about four-fifths of the oystennen have made returns. The facts 

 given in the following tables are based only on the returns at hand, 

 and therefore do not give a complete report for these two towns. 



Statistical, Summary. 



Capital invested. 



