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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  hogsheads, 
  or 
  about 
  14,647,000 
  poimds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $45,494, 
  the 
  total 
  

   expenditure 
  for 
  wages, 
  materials, 
  and 
  raw 
  products 
  being 
  $109,772. 
  

  

  The 
  manufactured 
  products 
  consisted 
  of 
  1,246,461 
  boxes 
  of 
  smoked 
  

   herring, 
  weighing 
  in 
  a 
  smoked 
  condition 
  about 
  7,320,385 
  pounds, 
  the 
  

   value 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  $124,356. 
  There 
  were 
  also 
  prepared 
  10,858 
  barrels 
  

   of 
  pickled 
  herring, 
  or 
  2,171,600 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $29,326. 
  In 
  addition 
  

   to 
  these 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  herring 
  oil, 
  pomace, 
  and 
  refuse 
  

   fish, 
  amounting 
  to 
  $819. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  was, 
  therefore, 
  

   $154,501. 
  In 
  1893 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  m 
  the 
  aggregate 
  was 
  

   $145,606, 
  and 
  in 
  1894 
  it 
  was 
  $170,198. 
  The 
  business 
  was 
  more 
  exten- 
  

   sive 
  in 
  1894 
  than 
  in 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  years, 
  and 
  the 
  prices 
  were 
  

   higher 
  in 
  1893 
  and 
  1894 
  than 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  THE 
  SARDINE 
  INDUSTRY. 
  

  

  General 
  development. 
  — 
  The 
  canning 
  of 
  sardines 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   was 
  begun 
  at 
  Eastport, 
  Me., 
  in 
  1875. 
  During 
  that 
  year 
  1 
  cannery 
  was 
  

   operated. 
  In 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  succeeding 
  years 
  1 
  new 
  cannery 
  was 
  

   added 
  to 
  the 
  number, 
  so 
  that 
  in 
  1879 
  there 
  were 
  5 
  in 
  operation. 
  In 
  the 
  

   spring 
  of 
  1880 
  8 
  more 
  were 
  built 
  at 
  Eastport, 
  1 
  at 
  Robbinston, 
  1 
  at 
  

   Lubec, 
  1 
  at 
  Jonesport, 
  1 
  at 
  East 
  Lamoine, 
  and 
  1 
  at 
  Camden, 
  making 
  a 
  

   total 
  of 
  18 
  operated 
  in 
  that 
  year; 
  13 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  at 
  Eastport, 
  which 
  

   had 
  then 
  become 
  and 
  still 
  remains 
  the 
  principal 
  business 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  

   industry. 
  

  

  In 
  1881 
  3 
  new 
  canneries 
  were 
  built 
  at 
  Lubec 
  and 
  1 
  in 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  

   four 
  years 
  following, 
  which, 
  with 
  the 
  1 
  built 
  in 
  1880, 
  made 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  8 
  

   in 
  that 
  locality. 
  In 
  the 
  meantime 
  the 
  canneries 
  at 
  Eastport 
  and 
  

   adjacent 
  villages, 
  Robbinston, 
  Perry, 
  and 
  Pembroke, 
  had 
  increased 
  

   to 
  24, 
  so 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1886 
  there 
  were 
  32 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  

   bordering 
  on 
  Passamaquoddy 
  Bay 
  and 
  its 
  tributary 
  waters. 
  In 
  addition 
  

   to 
  these 
  there 
  were 
  13 
  canneries 
  located 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  from 
  Cutler 
  

   westward, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  45 
  operated 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  that 
  year. 
  

   The 
  westward 
  movement 
  of 
  the 
  industry, 
  which 
  began 
  in 
  1880, 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  with 
  considerable 
  energy 
  until 
  1886, 
  and 
  threatened 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  

   to 
  endanger 
  the 
  supremacy 
  of 
  Eastport 
  and 
  Lubec 
  in 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  

   the 
  business, 
  but 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  unfavorable 
  conditions 
  for 
  obtain- 
  

   ing 
  fish 
  and 
  shipping 
  the 
  manufactured 
  product, 
  and 
  partly, 
  perhaps, 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  factories 
  being 
  scattered 
  over 
  so 
  large 
  an 
  extent 
  of 
  

   coast, 
  the 
  limit 
  then 
  reached 
  has 
  not 
  since 
  been 
  greatly 
  exceeded. 
  

  

  At 
  Eastport 
  and 
  Lubec 
  the 
  sardine 
  industry, 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  ten 
  

   years 
  of 
  its 
  existence, 
  increased 
  to 
  such 
  proportions 
  as 
  to 
  outrank 
  all 
  

   other 
  branches 
  of 
  business 
  in 
  importauce. 
  A 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  

   was 
  invested 
  and 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  people, 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  

   Canadian 
  islands 
  included, 
  in 
  the 
  capacity 
  either 
  of 
  fishermen, 
  boat- 
  

   men, 
  or 
  factory 
  employees, 
  engaged 
  in 
  it. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  canneries 
  

   decreased 
  somewhat 
  from 
  1886 
  to 
  1889. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  year 
  only 
  23 
  were 
  

   operated 
  in 
  this 
  section, 
  and 
  37 
  in 
  the 
  entire 
  State, 
  but 
  in 
  1892 
  the 
  

   number 
  had 
  again 
  increased 
  to 
  32, 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  

  

  