ALEWIFE FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES IN 1896. 



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9,000,000 pounds in 1880 to over 17,()00,000 pounds in ISi^O, and in Vir- 

 ginia from (5,900,000 pounds in 1880 to 1L>,197,000 pounds in 1890, and 

 the decrease in North Carolina from 15,500,000 pounds in 1880 and 

 20,000,000 pounds in 1888 to J 4,355,000 pounds in 1890. 



Notwithstanding' a jieneral increase in 189() amounting to 16,382,000 

 pounds over 1880 and 5,908,000 pounds over 1888, the value of catch 

 was less than in either of the earlier years. The average price of ale- 

 wives per pound in 189G was 0.7 cent, while in 1888 it was nearly 0.9 

 cent and in 1880 1.1 cents. 



Comparaliri' statement of the catch of aJewires in 1880, 1888, and 1896. 



