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Table showing persons, apparatus, ete., employed in the fisheries of Niagara River in 1899. 
Items. | No. 
| Value. 
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BS MONET OD ELLY. cicteisrsicisteve fe eis Oe oases ere en Eee ue ee (poedee 80 
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Table showing, by apparatus and species, the yield of the fisheries of Niagara River in 1899. 
Apparatus and species. Lbs. Value. 
Fishing machines: 
GIO WIPER) seater injec eee eemee aie Gisaen Gris cicerceain a: deca aaeeene eee ee ceeeee 9,900 | $396 
ROU GDN CCS LO) a aeteee esas er8 erential eS re Uys BE Ange UE Done eT 2, Se eigenen once mE Beare tie 300 | 18 
VWI eye Ss See oat nase t atime mea etre Bo aio ei aisle e Rise be Sei ricieiuc omelets Soames 2, 300 92 
BING Gea lee Se co nice es Jays a,c eiiaaacsisecitece eA eic eee iss See Come oS Res Scene eee 12,500 506 
Spears: 
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THE FISHERIES CONSIDERED BY STATES. 
There are eight States bordering on the Great Lakes, all of which 
are interested in the fisheries. The States located on more than one 
lake are Michigan, which borders on four lakes, and New York and 
Wisconsin each on two lakes. 
In Michigan 3,427 persons were employed in 1899; in Ohio, 2,168; 
in New York, 1,367, and in Wisconsin, 1,352. In each of the other 
States the fisheries are comparatively limited in extent and therefore 
give employment to a much smaller number of persons. 
The investment in Ohio was $1,872,522, being larger than in any 
other State. Next in importance is ie respect is Illinois, which has 
an investment of $1,871,341, although its fisheries are not extensive. 
The greater part of this amount, however, represents the capital 
utilized in the wholesale fishery trade of Chicago. Michigan has an 
investment of $1,287,448, Wisconsin $619,339, Pennsylvania $456,102, 
New York $401,748, Minnesota $76,007, and Indiana $33,214. 
The value of the yield is perhaps a better basis on which to deter- 
mine the importance of the Great Lakes fisheries in the various States 
than either the number of persons employed or the amount of capital 
invested. The products of the fisheries of Michigan, which were 
greater in value than those of any other State in this region, agere- 
gated 32,368,852 pounds, valued at $894,060. The fisheries of Ohio 
ded those of any of the other States in the quantity of products, 
the yield being 36,624,400 pounds, valued at $677,305. Wisconsin’s 
fisheries produced 19,530,430 pounds, valued at $454,165. The value 
of the fishery products in other States was as follows: Pennsylvania 
$275,887, New York $241,916, Illinois $37,284, Indiana $16,490, and 
Minnesota $14,332. 
