HISTORY OF tup: amkrican memiadkn. 3G3 



FOrETU ANNUAL MEETING. 



The fourth aimual meeting of this association was held at the United 

 States notcl, New York, January 10, 1877, the president, 11. L. Fowler, 

 in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and accepted ; 

 the treasurer's report was read and accepted ; the committee on statis- 

 tics reported as follows : 



Xumber of factories in operation in 187G G4r 



Number of factories in operation in 1875 00 



Gain 4 



Number of sail-vessels employed in 187G 320 



Number of sail- vessels employed in 1875 . . . . , 301 



Gain „ IG 



Number of steam-vessels employed in 187G , 4G 



Number of steam-vessels employed in 1875 .... 39 



Gain 7 



Number of men employed in 1876 2, 758 



Number of men employed in 1875 2, G33 



Gaiu 125 



Amount of capital invested in 187G $2, 750, 000 



Amount of capital invested in 1875 2, 050, 000 



Gain 100,000 



Number of fish caught in 187G 512, 450, 000 



Number of fish caught in 1875 503,327,000 



Loss 50,877,000 



Estimated by barrels in 187G 1, 535, 885 



Estimated by barrels in 1875 1, 877, 7G7 



Loss 341, 882 



Number of gallons of oil made in 187G 2, 992, OOO 



Number of gallons of oil made in 1875 2, 681, 487 



Gain 310,513 



