DELAWARE: GENERAL REVIEW OF ITS FISHERIES. 



Summary s'atement of persons employed. 



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Detailed statement of capital invested and apparatus employed. 



Detailed statement of tlte quantities and rallies of the products. 



a Including 23,000 pounds of menhaden, valued at $173, used for food. 



& An allowance of 7 pounds of moats is made for eacb bushel of oysters. 



c This quantity includes 596,700 pounds of alewives, 25, 000 pounds of croak- 

 ers, 137,500 pounds of drum, 124,000 pounds of eels, 16,50C pounds of flounders, 

 3,500 pounds of king-fish, 54,700 pounds of mullet, 326,500 pounds of perch, 

 1,200 pounds of sea-bass, 5,900 pounds of sheepshead, 619,100 pounds of spot, 

 147,900 pounds of striped bass, 120,000 pounds of sturgeon, 5,000 pounds of 

 tautog, 30,708 pounds of terrapin, and 900 pounds of mixed fish. 



d In addition, 590,700 pounds of alewives, valued at $4,475, were taken by the 

 sea fishermen. 



e In addition, 120,000 pounds of sturgeon, valued at $4,500, were taken by Wie 

 sea fishermen. 



/Including 196,200 pounds of catfish, 150,000 pounds of perch, 100,000 pounds 

 of striped bass, 15,300 pounds of turtle, and 533,750 pounds of mixed fish. 



g Includes $362,725, the enhancement in value of oysters from other States 

 transplanted or canned in Delaware, 



