GIO MANUFACTURES. 



The following is from U. S. Census of 1880 : 



Persons employed 1,005 



Capital dependent on fishery industries .... $G6,275 

 Pounds of sea products taken, including oysters , 5,090,400 



Value of same . $173,125 



Pounds of river products taken 1,043,850 



Value of same $30,357 



■ Total value of fishery products $212,482 



It may be here mentioned that in 1882 six whales were taken off Port 

 Poyal. 



In 1878 a fish commission was appointed by the State government. 

 Many eggs have been taken and the young fry hatched, and released in 

 the streams of the State. In 1882 the commission released 1(36,000 well 

 formed salmon, and 1,945,000 shad, besides a number of black bass and 

 some salmon trout in the waters of the State. A State pond for the ar- 

 tificial propagation and culture of caj^p is established at Columbia, and 

 has furnished these fish to 894 private ponds in the different sections of 

 the State. • 



