16 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [14] 
IIL—FISHERMEN AND FISHING TOWNS. 
MANNER OF DISCUSSION IN REPORT. 
A.— General statistics. 
For each of the seaboard, lake, or river townships of the United States, 
the following statement should be obtained, to be summed up for each 
State, and for each river, lake, or stretch of coast: 
Total population.* 
Number of professional fishermen. 
Number of semi-professional fishermen. 
Number of fitters and owners (fishery capitalists). 
Number of clerks and others employed in curing fish and pre- 
paring them for market, or in factories of oil, gnano, &c. 
Number of sail-makers and riggers and caulkers. 
Number of seine-makers. 
Number of salt-dealers and employés. 
Number of ship-carpenters and ship-smiths. 
Number of shop-keepers dependent on fishermen. 
Number of fishermen’s widows and orphans. 
Number of families dependent upon fishermen. 
B.—Social, vital, and other statisties. 
To be worked out as fully as convenient in each community of He 
men of considerable size. 
Nationality; ancestry; how many fishermen of foreign birth. 
Hereditary profession. 
Health, diseases—at sea, on shore. 
Disasters, past and present years—numerical statements. 
Longevity of fishermen and fishermen’s wives. 
Age of marriage. 
Fertility. 
Effects of seasons of plenty on birth rate. 
Dwellings. 
Character of food—at sea, on shore. 
Manner of living. 
Education. 
Amusements—at sea, on shore. 
Religious proclivities; morals. 
Manner of providing for bereaved families. 
Financial profits of active fishermen. ' 
In a town engaged in manufacturing fish, fish-oil, &c. (e. g. Boothbay 
or Lubec, Me.), the same investigation to be prosecuted. 
* This will be ascertained by the enumerators in the census. 
