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GEOGKAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



PRESENT EXTENT OF THE FISHERIES. The various fisheries engaged iu by the New Hampshire 

 fishing fleet of twenty-three vessels are for the capture of cod aud other ground fish on the Grand and 

 Western Banks and the New England coast, and the mackerel fishery in the Gulf of Maine. These 

 vessels with their gear aud outfit, including boats and nets, are valued at about $107,000. In the 

 shore fisheries for alewives, herring, cod, aud other species, and lobsters and clams, there are 

 employed one hundred and seventeen boats, valued, with their nets, traps, and other gear, at $12, GOO. 

 The capital in wharves, buildings, and other shore property, and the active cash capital, amounts 

 to $89,800, making the total capital invested iu the fisheries of the State $209,465. The total 

 number of persons employed is four hundred and fourteen and the value of the products in first 

 hands is $176,684. 



STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR 1880. The following statements 

 show iu detail the extent of the fisheries in this State : 



Summary statement of ptrsons tmployed and capital invested. 



Detailed statement of capital invested in vessels, boats, nets, and traps. 



Detailed statement of the quantities and values of the products. 



