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The following tables give the number of persons employed, the 

 amount of capital invested, and the quantity and value of the products 

 of the fisheries of the New England States in 1902; also a comparison 

 of the extent of the fisheries in 1S98 and 1902: 



Table shmvinxj the number of persoiu engaged in the fisheries of the Xew England States in 



1902. 



Table showing the investment in the fisheries of the New England Slates in 1902. 



Maine. 



No. 



Value. 



New Hampshire. 



No. 



Value. 



Massachusetts. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets, trap nets, and weirs . 



Fyke nets 



Bag nets 



Dip nets 



Beam trawls 



Lines, hand and trawl 



Eel pots and traps 



Lobster pots 



Harpoons 



Spears 



Eel weirs 



Dredges 



Tongs, rakes, forks, and hoes 



Rakes, Irish moss 



Other apparatus 



Shore and accessory property 



• Cash capital 



585 

 8,970 



8722, 490 



82, 150 



605 

 32, 370 



82, 562, 351 



6,297 

 229 



3,303 



780 



21 



221 



277 



227, 542 



305, 181 



25, 672 



29, 586 



189, 077 



1S2 



9, 245 



926 



115 



3, 075 



7,270 

 700 

 150 



5,760 



2,688 

 253 



9,071 



170 



18 



1,362,708 



213, 963 



130, 299 



84, 311 



150, 750 



156 



763 

 166, 437 



42, 731 



674 



173, 752 



1,467 



127 



15 

 2,530 



96 

 1,905 



1,226 

 1,563 



104 

 3, 745, 483 



1,462,475 



155 

 65 



931 



15 



3, 535 



10 



994 

 26, 376 



28 



1, 120 



1,.541 



140 



10, 370 



8,000 



290 



3,295 



182, 879 



1,211 



36, 008 



2,853 



157 



725 



2,699 



6, 280 



573 



212 



3, 482, 374 



2, 587, 500 



/ Total. 



6, 939, 503 



42, 002 



10,811,594 



Items. 



Ves.=els 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets, trap nets, and weirs 



Fyke nets 



Bag nets 



Dip nets 



Beam trawls 



Lines, hand and trawl 



Eel pots and traps 



Lobster pots 



Harpoons 



Spears 



Eel weirs 



Dredges 



Tongs, rakes, forks, and hoes. . . 



Rakes, Irish moss 



Other apparatus 



Shore and accessory property... 

 Cash capital 



Total 



Rhode Island. 



No. 



91 

 1,352 



1,130 



66 



313 



198 

 701 



11 



3, 970 

 10,534 



1,344 

 1,011 



Value. 



8208, 995 



53,817 

 103,841 

 5, 590 

 6, 428 

 125, 790 

 4,216 



16 



1,545 



2,888 



11,622 



217 



43 



7,369 

 2,918 



Connecticut. 



194 

 3,796 



1, 175 

 93 



261 

 77 



255 



40 



1,655 

 6,813 



768 

 750 



359, 235 

 119,750 



1,014,280 



Value. 



8481,080 



145, 848 



71,474 



8,912 



6,589 



18, 140 



3,148 



20 



1,390 

 1,571 



12,481 



375 



41 



9,785 

 2,206 



330, 995 

 107, 000 



1,201,055 



Total. 



No. 



1,479 

 46, 543 



11,405 



643 



12, 963 



1,249 



995 



221 



483 



65 



7,397 

 212, 690 



316 



28 



3, 328 



5, 225 



140 



Value. 



83, 977, 066 



1, 792, 990 



701,729 



171,173 



127,064 



489,517 



7, 702 



9, 245 



1,252 



3, 295 



229, 476 



6, 359 



237, 398 



4,922 



368 



725 



21,079 



13, 003 



573 



316 



7, 928, 457 



4,284,725 



20,008,434 



