MASSACHUSETTS: BOSTON DISTRICT. 



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fishery, three the oyster fishery or carrying trade, and six the whale fishery. The tonnage of the 

 fleet is 5,422.25 tons. In the shore fisheries for cod, haddock, herring, and other fish there are 

 employed 188 boats and 426 men. 



Boston, the principal place in the district, has a very large trade in fish, being one of the most 

 important markets in New England and the center of the trade in imported fish. A large capital 

 is invested here in buildings and wharves used in the fishery industry, aud great quantities of 

 fresh and cured fish are annually distributed from here, as will be seen from the paragraphs on 

 Boston. The capital invested in the district is $3,218,949, and the value of the products, the catch 

 of fishermen of this district, is $1,026,360. The number of persons employed is 2,653. 



STATISTICAL SUMMATION FOR 1879. The following statements show in detail the extent of 

 the fishing interests of Boston district: 



Summary statement of persons employed and capital invested. 



Persons employed. 



Number of vessel fishermen 



Number of boat-fishermen 



Number of carers, packers, fitters, &o . 

 Number of factory bands 



Total.. 



Number. 



997 



426 



1,024 



-'IK; 



2,653 



Capital invested. 



Capital in vessels and boats 



Capital in nets and traps 



Other fixed aud circulating capital 



Total ... 



Amount. 



$376, 805 



38,944 



02,803,200 



3, 218, 949 



a('ai)i capital, $1,190,000; wharves, shorehoust-s, aud fixtures, $1,388,200 ; factory buildings and apparatus, $225,000. 

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



a Includes gear. 



Detailed statement of tlie quantities and values of the products. 



