REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



CLV 



Chesapeake and its tributaries to be as follows: The number of persons 

 finding employment in 1S91 was 64,654; the amount of capital invested 

 was $10,474,334; the value of the products taken was $10,126,748. 

 The extent to which the different States were represented is shown in 

 the following tables, which give details of the industry: 



The Fisheries of the Chesapeake Basin in 1891. 

 Persons employed. 



States. 



Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



Total... 



Fisher- 

 men. 



637 



129 



28, 209 



20,316 



49, 291 



Shores- 

 men. 



353 



11, 735 



3,275 



15, 303 



Total. 



637 



482 



39, 944 



23, 591 



64, 654 



Value includes outfit. 

 Products. 



118,470 bushels. 

 2 09,910 bushels. 



3 22,817,310 in number. 

 * 8,671.281 in number. 



« 9,945, 058 bu.shels. 

 « 6, 151, 636 bushels. 



