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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



BOSTON LOBSTERS. 



Massachusetts consumes eight times more Boston lobsters per capita 

 than does (\)nnecticut, the second largest user, and thirty-eight times 

 more than the average per capita consumption for the other 30 

 States that receive lobsters from Boston. 



A conspicuous deduction from the succeeding table is that 

 whereas New York and Pennsylvania occupy second and third places 

 in the quantity of Boston lobsters received, their per capita con- 

 sumption is fifth and sixth, respectively. Conversely, the District 

 of Columbia and New Hampsliire, which rate ninth and eleventh in 

 receipts, stand high in the list of consumers, being third and fourth. 

 Illinois, with receipts of 21,000 pounds of Boston lobsters, than which 

 only three States receive more, is eleventh in per capita consumption 

 and only one place above Delaware, which received only 590 pounds. 

 Ohio stands even lower than Delaware, though Boston lobster ship- 

 ments to the former were more than 5 tons, and to the latter only 

 590 pounds. 



The market for Boston lobsters is more widely dispersed than that 

 for any other Boston sea food, Denver, Colo., and Los Angeles, Calif., 

 being among the western purchasers. 



Pa' capita consumption of lobsters distributed through Boston during September, 1922. 



State. 



Massachusetts 



Connecticut 



District of Columbia 



New Hampshire 



New Yorlc 



Peimsylvania 



Vermont 



Maryland 



New Jersey 



Illinois 



Delaware.. 



Ohio 



Colorado 



Minnesota 



Nebraska 



Wisconsin 



Michigan 



Missouri 



Utah 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Indiana 



Maine 



Tennessee 



Virginia 



North Carolina 



California 



Alabama 



Georgia 



Oklahoma 



Iowa 



All other States 



Total. 



Quantity of 

 lobsters 

 shipped. 



Pounds. 



384, 177 



16,978 



5,175 



3,556 



80,629 



53,023 



2,103 



6,557 



11,153 



21,326 



590 



11,239 



1,761 



4,086 



1,687 



2,965 



S, 186 



2,255 



250 



793 



807 



700 



86 



260 



232 



203 



200 



90 



126 



90 



72 



Population. 



Number. 

 3,852,356 

 1,380,631 



437, 571 



443,083 

 10,385,227 

 8,720,017 



352,428 

 1,449,661 

 3,155,900 

 6,485,280 



223,003 

 5,759,394 



939,629 

 2,387,125 

 1,296,372 

 2,632,067 

 3,668,412 

 3,404,055 



449,396 

 1,4(;3,701 

 2,416,630 

 2,903,390 



768,014 

 2,337,885 

 2,309,187 

 2,5.59,123 

 3,426,861 

 2,348,174 

 2,895,832 

 2,028,283 

 2,404,021 

 20,400,912 



616,355 



10.5,710,620 



Per capita 

 consimiption. 



Pound. 

 0. 09973 

 . 01230 

 .01183 

 .00803 

 .00776 

 .00608 

 .00597 

 .004,52 

 .00353 

 .00329 

 .00265 

 .00195 

 .00187 

 .00171 

 .00130 

 .00113 

 .00087 

 .00066 

 .00056 

 .00054 

 .00033 

 .00024 

 .00011 

 .00011 

 ■ .00010 

 .00008 

 .00006 

 .00004 

 .00004 

 .00004 

 .00003 



. 00583 



BOSTON CLAMS. 



Boston clams are marketed in 15 States, Massachusetts taking 

 almost five times more than the other 14 combined, which represents 

 for Massachusetts a per capita disposal 1,800 per cent greater than 

 the average for all other States receivmg clams from Boston. 



