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eries to the value of S7,295; shore and accessory property with a 

 value of SI 1,958, and cash capital amounting to S5,500. 



The products amounted to 528,730 pounds, valued at $92,660. 

 The species of chief importance were as follows: Lobsters, 298,012 

 pounds, valued at S73,203; soft clams, 66,600 pounds, valued at 

 $13,320; and cod, 98.354 pounds, valued at $3,609. 



Compared with 1905, there has been a decrease of 45 in the number 

 of persons employed, of $1,520 in the capital invested, and of 507,722 

 pounds in the quantity of products; but an increase in the value of 

 the products of $40,716. There has been an increase in the catch of 

 lobsters as compared with 1905 of 41,960 pounds in quantity and 

 $40,628 in value and a decrease in the collection of Irish moss of 

 54,000 pounds in quantity and $1,980 in the value. 



FISHERIES OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. 



The following table shows the number of persons employed, the 

 investment, and the quantity and value of the products of the 

 fisheries of Kockingham County, N. H., in 1919: 



Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products of Fisheries of Rockingham 

 County, N. II., in 1919. 



1 6,660 bushels. 



fisheries by apparatus. 



No vessels were employed in the capture of fish in 1919. The 

 largest quantity in the shore fisheries, consisting of 298,012 pounds 

 of lobsters, valued at $73,203, was taken with lobster pots. The 

 catch with hand lines, amounting to 156,118 pounds, valued at 

 $5,477, was second, and the catch of soft clams with clam hoes, third. 

 The principal species taken with hand lines were cod, pollock, haddock, 

 and floun(lers. The following table gives the products of the shore 

 fisheries in 1919 by apparatus and species: 



