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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



anchors, the builders of vessels and boats, and many other industries, depend entirely or very 

 largely upon the fisheries for their support. 



The ainouut of ice used in the Massachusetts fisheries during 1879 for the preservation of fish 

 is estimated at 75,000,000 pounds, and the quantity of salt used in curing fisli at about 70,000,000 

 pounds. 



STATISTICAL SUMMATION OF THE FISHEKIES OF MASSACHUSETTS. The following statements 

 show in detail the extent of the fisheries of Massachusetts in 1879: 



Summary statement of persons employed and capital invested. 



a Of the vessel-fishermen, 8,289 are in the food-fish and lobster fishery ; 3,991 in the whale fishery ; 30 in the seal fishery ; 266 in the men- 

 haden fishery, and 30 in the oyster fishery. Some of the men engage in both the food-fish and the oyster fishery. 



b Cash capital, $3,730,000; wharves, shorehouses, and fixtures, $2,875,600; factory buildings and apparatus, $677,000. 



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



a Does not include 47 idle vessels, of 2,151.68 tons. 

 Detailed statement of the quantities and values of the products. 



a Includes $104,000 enhancement on fish prepared as "boueless" in boston, but accounted for elsewhere. 



