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  the 
  canned 
  products 
  was 
  §246,000. 
  These 
  products 
  are 
  all 
  

   exported 
  to 
  Europe 
  and 
  other 
  foreign 
  countries, 
  none 
  

   passing 
  into 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  "The 
  total 
  catch 
  of 
  Lobsters 
  on 
  the 
  Maine 
  coast 
  in 
  1880, 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  14,234,000 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  £268,000, 
  first 
  

   cost, 
  or 
  fishermen's 
  prices. 
  The 
  catch 
  for 
  Massachusetts 
  was 
  

   4,315,000 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  £1 
  58,000, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  

   coast 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  Lobster 
  states, 
  was 
  20,128,000 
  pounds, 
  

   worth 
  £483,000, 
  first 
  price. 
  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  Lobsters 
  

   handled 
  by 
  the 
  several 
  large 
  fresh 
  markets 
  during 
  1880 
  

   was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Portland, 
  2,000,000 
  pounds 
  ; 
  Boston, 
  

   3,637,000 
  pounds 
  ; 
  New 
  York, 
  2,500,000 
  pounds 
  ; 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  

   8,137,000 
  pounds. 
  The 
  enhancement 
  in 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  

   Lobsters 
  in 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  large 
  markets 
  was 
  £105,000, 
  

   making 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  Lobster 
  products, 
  as 
  they 
  

   entered 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  wholesale 
  and 
  the 
  retail 
  

   dealers, 
  £732,000." 
  

  

  The 
  Halibut 
  Fishery. 
  — 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  special 
  fisheries 
  

   of 
  great 
  interest 
  carried 
  on 
  from 
  certain 
  parts 
  of 
  New 
  

   England. 
  The 
  Halibut 
  fishery 
  is 
  peculiar 
  to 
  Gloucester. 
  

   The 
  fresh 
  Halibut 
  fishery 
  employs, 
  winter 
  and 
  summer, 
  a 
  fleet 
  

   of 
  about 
  thirty 
  of 
  the 
  staunchest 
  and 
  swiftest 
  schooners 
  of 
  

   eighty 
  to 
  one 
  hundred 
  tons, 
  manned 
  by 
  crews 
  of 
  men 
  whose 
  

   seamanship 
  and 
  daring 
  cannot 
  be 
  surpassed. 
  The 
  fishery 
  

   is 
  extremely 
  perilous, 
  being 
  prosecuted 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  banks 
  

   in 
  water 
  from 
  1,200 
  to 
  1,800 
  feet 
  in 
  depth. 
  Voyages 
  con- 
  

   tinue 
  three 
  to 
  seven 
  weeks. 
  The 
  fish 
  are 
  brought 
  to 
  market 
  

   in 
  ice, 
  and 
  distributed 
  almost 
  over 
  the 
  entire 
  continent. 
  

  

  The 
  so-called 
  salt 
  Halibut 
  fishery 
  is 
  prosecuted 
  by 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  Gloucester 
  fishery-factors, 
  who 
  send 
  every 
  

   summer 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  schooners 
  to 
  the 
  Grand 
  Bank 
  of 
  

   Newfoundland, 
  and 
  often 
  a 
  few 
  into 
  Davis' 
  Straits. 
  

   These 
  vessels 
  salt 
  down 
  in 
  their 
  holds 
  the 
  Halibut 
  which 
  

  

  