FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



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Quantity and Value of Smoked Herring Prepared in Maine in Various Years. 



FROM 1880 TO 1905. 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE. 



Besides the canning and smoked-fish industries there is also an 

 extensive wholesale trade in fresh and salted fishery products. 



Statement, by Counties, of the Number of Firms, Capital Invested, Persons 

 Engaged, and Wages Paid in the Wholesale Fishery Trade of Maine in 1905, 

 not Included in the Canned and Smoked-Fish Industries. 



FISHERIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

 GENERAL STATISTICS. 



The commercial fisheries of New Hampshire are of small extent, 

 and confined to Rockingham County, which is the only county in the 

 state bordering the seacoast. The number of persons employed in 

 the fisheries in 1905 was 145; the amount of capital invested, $47,050; 

 and the weight and value of the products, 1,036,452 poimds, $51,944. 

 The products in 1905 compared with 1902 have decreased 556,561 

 pounds in quantity, but increased $1,941 in value. 



The following tables present in a condensed form the number of 

 persons employed, the amount of capital invested, and the quantity 

 and value of the products of the fisheries of New Hampshire in 1905: 



Persons Engaged in the Fisheries of New Hampshire in 1905. 



