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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
Supplementary table showing certain of the above products in bushels and gallons. 
5 Massachusetts. 
Maine. New Hampshire 
Products. 
Quantity Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. 
Quahorsonhardiclams= bushel See tepste tetera epetel atateratete | teie etevore tate toterate [eteeteter= erat 106,818 | $131,139 
Clams (soft), fresh..... dos... 455, 186 | $159, 269 3, 000 $3, 000 227, 941 157, 247 
Clams (soft),salted....do.... 99, 520 BL El Warner arochc | Mpae aocenn mBepccodeacedd lube qcjoccs 
Oysters, market ......- (Osan leboasocusasusel toudcopood iaceoodcoccodcd|poasandoas 75, 586 120, 252 
Ovystersy seed ee .c-ae- AO sae latra ee ees See Pl isose steers fosere sisters celeritete eter rstersis 27, 800 138, 480 
Scalllopsieec cect tite doze 19, 109 nv: AUS | Seeececasodoce|lccapeeeese 66, 150 89, 982 
Cockles and winkles ..do... 8, 500 F000) |adccewc se nemee| ss cence. 2, 000 5, 600 
Oil} fishies cena gallons. . 1, 240 SLA |e saizrs Sarwiniare see Setar ers 23, 520 | 7, 725 
Oilwihale meses (Oe anolsoscoenkaadces|looosoueoce Pasar aes coreg 684, 902 292, 875 
Rhode Island. Connecticut. Total. 
Products. 
: Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. 
Quahogsor hard clams - bush. 27,155 | $35, 456 18,927 | $24, 762 152,900 | $191,357 
Clams (soft), fresh..... dose: 26, 490 32,514 22,460 | ' 26,748 735, 027 378, 773 
Giening) (Goria) | eiMlcole aos eo bosses anecenee| pescoroqad lscdoosmaqcoecnd| sosoaronc 99, 520 35, 217 
Oysters, market ....-... do. 516, 479 561, 291 848, 065 872, 634 1, 440,180 | 1,554,177 
Oysters, seed..........- do.. 91, 550 26, 761 1, 233, 469 | 698,948 1, 352, 819 639, 139 
Scallops sees sssessee- = do... 19, 942 25, 208 2, 400 3, 200 107, 601 132, 403 
Coelkdlesiand swamlcles aoe sce son ae ocak case sell s a ctslowlelaiciall tele alejslorero ale ininl| lateinloeieininre 10, 500 6, 600 
QOilbfishy 5.6 <o<o222 palo ee le soneccnnonbel penomseecd| ecacoocdoubEce|ssccemcnes 24, 760 8, 039 
Oilwihale sae ces = sects (Gl O}HabellbeconoeboS Head Saoccsnond| Goooceesconeselleadcsr case | 684, 902 292, 875 
Comparative table showing the extent of the fisheries of the New England States in 1898 
and 1902. 
Persons engaged. Capital invested. 
Increase (+) or de- 
crease (4) in 1902 Increase (+) or de- 
F crease (—) 1n 1902 
States. compared with compared with 1898 
1898. | 1902. 1898. 1898. 1902. P 7 
Num- | Percent- Percent- 
ber. age, Amount. age 
} 
IMINGSiainecieeer ci 16,954) 19,832! 42,878) +16.97] $4,013,053) $6, 939, 503} +$2, 926,450) +72. 92 
New Hampshire... 154 161; + 7 + 4,54 52, 648 42,002) — 10,646} —20.22 
Massachusetts. ...- 14,363} 14,300; — 63 — .43] 18,372,902) 10,811,594) — 2,561,308 —19.15 
Rhode Island ....- 1, 687 2,117) + 430 +25. 48 957, 142 1,014, 280) + 57,138 + 5.96 
Connecticut..5-.-:- 2,473 2,840) + 3867) +14.84 1, 241, 291 1, 201, 055} — 40, 236 — 3.24 
Motalecceeeee 35,631] 39,250; +3,619}  +10.15] 19,637,036] 20, 008, 434] + 371,398] + 1.89 
Products. 
Pounds. Value. 
Increase (+) or de- Increase {+} or 
States. crease (—) in 1902 decrease (—) in 
compared with 1902 compared 
1898. with 1898. 
1898. 1902. 1898. 1902. 
Per- Per- 
Amount. | cent- Amount. | cent- 
age. age. 
i] 
ANT ATIC IES, faretatejels icin te 123, 404, 561) 242, 390, 371]-+118, 985, 810) +96. 41)$2, 654, 919|$2, 918, 772) + $263, 853)/+ 9.93 
New Hampshire... 3, 020, 715 1, 5938,013/— 1,427, 702|—47. 26 48, 987 50, 003) + 1,016)+ 2.07 
Massachusetts..... 202, 257, 817} 230, 645, 950/-+ 28, 388, 183]+14. 03) 4, 463, 727| 6, 482, 427/ +2, 018, 700) +45, 22 
Rhode Island ..... 32, 854, 396] 21,613, 964)/— 11, 240, 432)—34. 21 955, 058) 1,155, 701/4+ 200, 643) +21. 00 
Connecticut......- 31,920, 417} 37,832,149/4+ 5,911, 782/+18. 52} 1, 559, 699) 1, 799, 881/+ 239, 782) +15, 37 
MO tealleemep erste | 393, 457, 906) 534, 075, 447| +140, 617, 541) +35, 73) 9, 682, 290/12, 406, 284| +2, 723, 994) +28. 13 
Nore.—Revision of the statistics on pages 130-131 of the report of the Commissioner of Fisheries for 
1904 has resulted in some changes. 
The corrected figures appear in the present tables. 
