366 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The committee ou statistics reported as follows : 



^Number of factories in operation in 187G 64 



JN"umber of factories in operation in 1877 56 



Loss 8 



Number of sail- vessels employed in 1876 320 



ISTumber of sail-vessels employed in 1877 270 



Loss 50 



Number of steam-vessels employed in 1876.* 46 



Number of steam-vessels employed in 1877 - 63 



Gain 17 



Number of men employed in 1876.... 2,758 



Number of men employed in 1877 - 2, 631 



Loss 127 



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



Amount of capital invested in 1877 2, 047, 612 



Loss *$702, 388 



Number of fish caught in 1876 512,450,000 



Number of fish caught in 1877 587, 624, 125 



Gain 75, 174, 125 



Number of fish caught, estimated by barrels, in 1876 1, 708, 166 



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 2,426,589 



Loss 566, 589 



Number of tons guano made in 1876 51, 245 



Number of tons guano made in 1877 55^ 444 



Gain 4,199 



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

 tories not in operation, and is more properly idle capital than "loss."' — Secretary 



