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to conduct the business. The cannery employees numbered 5,020. 

 Over 03,000,000 pounds of raw products, for which the fishermen 

 received $399,749, were consumed in canning. The value of the pre- 

 pared products was $2,486,247. 



In Maine most of the canneries are located in the eastern part of the 

 State, in Washington County, where there were 39 in 1892. The prom- 

 inent centers of the canning industry in that county are Eastport and 

 Lubec; the former has for many years been the chief sardine center of 

 the country, and in 1892 had 15 canneries, most of them of large size, 

 while Lubec had 13 such establishments in 1892, and in 1893 had an 

 increase which gave it a greater number than Eastport. The other 

 places in this county in which canneries were located are Robbinston 

 2, Perry 1, West Pembroke 1, Cutler 1, Machiasport 1, Jonesboro 1, 

 Jonesport 2, Millbridge 2. in Hancock County there were 9 canning 

 houses, situated as follows: Prospect Harbor 1, Greens Landing 2, 

 Oceanville 1, Brooklin 1, Hancock 1, Southwest Harbor 1, Bass Har- 

 bor 1, West Tremont 1. Knox County had 1 cannery at St. George. 

 The 4 canneries in Lincoln County were at Pemaquid, South Bristol, 

 Bootlibay Harbor, and Round Pond. In Cumberland County were 5 

 canneries, as follows: Portland 2, Pine Point 2, West Scarboro 1. 



The 50 establishments in Maine engaged in the preparation of sar- 

 dines and plain canned herring utilized over 57,000,000 pounds of fresh 

 herring, for which the fishermen were paid $253,848. A conspicuous 

 part of the raw material consumed by the factories in Eastport and 

 Lubec came from Canadian waters and is not shown in the figures for 

 the herring fishery elsewhere given. From the foregoing there were 

 prepared 568,853 cases (equivalent to 48,460,110 cans) of sardines, 

 14,883 cases (or 548,496 cans) of plain herring, 828 barrels of Russian 

 sardines, 2,048 barrels of pickled herring, and 335,894 boxes of smoked 

 fish, the whole having a value of $2,081,994. The most important of 

 the numerous grades of canned herring are the small fish packed in oil 

 in quarter-pound cans and generally known to the trade as "quarter 

 oils. 1 ' Of these, 396,428 cases of 100 cans each were prepared, for 

 which $1,455,245 was received, an average price of $3.67 per case, or 3| 

 cents per can. Next in point of importance are the sardines in mus- 

 tard in three-quarter pound cans. Of these, 149,020 cases of 50 cans 

 each were canned, the market value of which was $435,863, or $2.92 

 per case. Other rather important grades of sardines are " half-oils," 

 "three-quarter spices," and "quarter-mustards." 



The 11 lobster canneries operated in Maine in 1892 were located in 

 four counties, 5 being in Washington, 3 in Lincoln, 2 in Hancock, and 

 1 in Knox. The quantity of fresh lobsters utilized was 5,326,322 

 pounds, for which the canneries paid $78,720; from these, 25,732 cases 

 of 1-pound and 2-pound cans were prepared, for which the canneries 

 received $195,953. 



At many of the sardine canneries in Washington County, Me., the 

 smoking of herring constitutes an important branch. The herring so 



