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The committee on statistics reported as follows: 



Number of factories iu operation in 1876 04 



Number of factories in operation iu 1877 5G 



Loss 8 



Number of sail- vessels employed in 1870 3!20 



Number of sail- vessels employed in 1877 270 



Loss 50 



Number of steam-vessels employed iu 1870 ... 40 



Number of steam-vessels employed iu 1877 03 



Gain 17 



Number of men employed iu 1876.... <. 2,758 



Number of men employed iu 1877 , 2, 031 



Loss 127 



Amount of capital invested iu 1876 $2, 750, 000 



Amount of capital invested iu 1877 2, 047, 012 



Loss . *8702, 388 



Number of fish caught in 1876 512,450,000 



Number of fish caught in 1877 587, 024, 125 



Gain > 75, 174, 125 



Number of fish caught, estimated by barrels, in 1870 1, 708, 103 



Number of fish caught, estimated by barrels, in 1877 1, 958, 747 



Gain , 250, 581 



Number of gallons oil made in 1876 2,992,000 



Number of gallons oil made in 1877 • 2,420,589 



Loss 500, 589 



Number of tons guano made iu 1876 51, 245 



Number of tons guano made in 1877 5lj^ 444 



Gaiu 4, 199 



* The difference in capital reported in 1877 from 1876, is mainly represented by fac- 

 tories not iu oi^eration, and is more properly idle capital than "loss." — Secretary 



