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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OP THE FISHERIES. 



ing interests have been constantly increasing. To-day each island has twenty vessels, those of 

 North Haven averaging about 40 tons, while those of Vinal Haven are only half as large. 



The shore boat-fisheries furnish employment to 180 men, all but 10 of these being engaged in 

 the lobster fisheries during the spring and early summer, while the remainder of the season is 

 spent in the capture of mackerel and other fishes. 



STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION FOR 1880. The following statement shows the extent of the 

 fisheries of the district for 1880: 



Summary statement of persons employed and capital invested. 



a Other fixed and circulating capital, Cash capital, $34,200; wharves, shorehouses, and fixtures, $14, 255; factory buildings and apparatus, 

 $11,000; total, $39,455. 



Detailed statement of capital invested in vessels, l>oats, nets, and traps. 



Detailed statement of tlic quantities and rallies of Hie products. 



