FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS, BOSTON, MASS. 



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It is instructive to observe that though receiving only 250 pounds, 

 and hence ranking thirteenth as a quantity buyer, Delaware takes 

 precedence in per capita consumption of Boston clams over New York 

 State, which purchases nearly 7,000 pounds and ranks third as a 

 quantity market. 



1 Canadian census, 1911. 



BOSTON OYSTERS. 



Attention is directed to the fact that Massachusetts consumes 

 exactly two-thirds of the entire quantity of oystei-s distributed from 

 Boston, accomplishing this by a per capita use five times the amount 

 of the average for the other 10 States that sent to Boston for supplies 

 of this shellfish. The three States, New Hampshire, Maine, and 

 Vermont, purchase 92 per cent of what oysters Boston does not sell 

 in Massachusetts, and it is noticeable that all four States mentioned 

 are closely comparable in per capita use and constitute a class unap- 

 proached by any of the other purchasers of this Boston product. 



Per capita consumption of oysters distributed through Boston during September, 1922. 



1 Canadian census, 1911. 



