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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 

 Table shounng by lakes and species the yield of the fisheries, etc. — Coutinued., 



* No weights shown for turtles and frogs. 

 COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF THE GREAT LAKES FISHERIES. 



The information collected in tliis canvass makes it possible to show 

 by detailed statistics the extent of the Great Lakes fisheries at four 

 different periods, viz, 1880, 1885, 1890, and 1893. In the following 

 condensed table the prominent features of the fishing industry of this 

 region are shown by lakes for each of the years named. 



The aggregate statistics show that in 1893 more persons were 

 employed in this branch than in 1880 or 1890, but less than in 1885; 

 the capital invested was greater than in any previous year; the quan- 

 tity of fish taken and the value of the catch were more than in 1880, 

 but less than in 1885 or 1890. 



Comparative table showing the extent of the fisheries of the Great Lakes in 1880, 1885, 

 1890, and 1893. 



