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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



fully half of the entire number, while those of Booth Bay proper, Xorth Booth Bay, and Westport, 

 have been extensively engaged in the work. 



PRESENT CONDITION OP THE BOAT AND VESSEL FISHERIES. The fishing fleet at present 

 numbers sixty-three sail, sixty of them being actively employed. Nearly half of the fleet arc 

 engaged iu the shore fisheries, the remainder being employed in the offshore fisheries for cod and 

 mackerel. 



There are in the district one hundred and forty-six boat-fishermeu. These spend a greater 

 part of their time in the capture of "ground-fish," though some of them arc extensively interested 

 in the lobster fishery, which is fairly important. 



STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION FOR 1880. The following table gives a detailed statement of 

 the fishing interests of the district : 



Summary statement of pertons employed and capital invested. 



Persons employed. 



Number. 



Capital invested. 



Amount. 



Xmnlu r of vessel-fishermen 



Number of boat -fishermen 



Number of curers, packers, litters, &c. 

 Number of factory-hands 



Total .. 



561 Capital in vessels and boats 



146 Capital in nets and traps 



>7 Other fixed and circulating capital 



27 !i Total ... 



$227, 020 



23, 58C 



.7159,237 



621 



410, 4)3 



a Other f.xcd end circulating capital. Cas,h capital, $28,000; wharves, sborehouses, and fixtures, $39,100; factory buildings and apparatus, 

 $92.137 (of this amount $88, 367 is for menhaden oil and guano factories not used sinoe 1878): total, $159,237. 



Detailed stalemtnt of eajtital invested in retails, lioats, nets, and traps. 



Detailed statement of the quantities and values of tlic products. 



