284 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
10. Percentages of increase or decrease in 1888 as compared ivith 1880. 
States. 
Persons 
employed. 
Capital 
invested. 
Value of 
catch. 
— 50 
+ 62 
- 37 
* + 38 
+ 63 
— 79 
+ 72 
— 3 
+ 136 
+ 102 
— 14 
+ 5 
-f 58 
+ 78 
— 17 
+ 25 
— 31 
+ 56 
— 16 
- 21 
- 20 
+ 928 
— 49 
+ 35 
— 8 
— 29 
+ 135 
+ 37 
+ 610 
— 10 
-j- 26 
+ A 
— 9 
— 15 
4- 642 
— 13 
+ 3, 646 
— 49 
New Hampshire - 
N ow J ersej r 
4- 68 
+ 4 
N ew "V ork 
4- 21 
+ 77 
+ 58 
North Carolina 
+ 46 
- 12 
+ 345 
- 26 
+ 34 
+ 70 
— 8 
+ 69 
+ 286 
+ 18 
- 23 
+ 111 
— 20 
Oregon 
Pennsylvania ... 
+ 176 
+ 1, 194 
+ 73 
+ 47 
+ 406 
Rhode Island 
South Carolina 
Texas 
Virginia 
— 20 
+ 24 
Washington __ __ 
+ 71 
+ 359 
+ 113 
Net increase or decrease 
+ 18 
+ 27 
— 1 
Sections. 
Persons 
employed. 
Capital 
invested. 
Value of 
catch. 
New England States 
Middle Atlantic States 
South Atlantic States 
+ 1 
+ 17 
+ 39 
+ 86 
+ 1 
+ 28 
+ 54 
— 11 
— 9 
— 5 
On If* States 
+ 245 
+ 182 
+ 48 
50 
Pacific Stales _ _ 
+ 28 
Net increase or decrease 
+ 18 
+ 27 
_1 
11. Comparative statement by States of the catch of shad in 1880 and 1888. 
States. 
’ 1880. 
* 1888. 
Pounds. 
V alue. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Alabama 
California 
90. 871 
365, 936 
1, 389, 216 
1, 448, 000 
263, 200 
$6, 513 
23, 786 
51, 999 
89, 630 
19, 000 
Connecticut 
1,318, 032 
1, 050, 000 
251, 700 
252, 000 
$65, 902 
52, 500 
20, 136 
17, 941 
Delaware 
Elorida 
Georgia 
Louisiana 
Maine 
580,319 
3, 759, 426 
164, 524 
11, 876 
140, 326 
8, 226 
849, 923 
5, 595, 735 
179, 606 
24, 368 
218, 230 
5,312 
Maryland 
Massachusetts 
Mississippi 
New Hampshire 
6, 417 
750 000 
2, 733, 600 
3, 221,263 
321 
35, 000 
136, 680 
329, 569 
80 
6, 523, 447 
3, 445, 639 
5, 630, 709 
10, 000 
1, 387, 200 
17, 400 
432, 800 
3 
307, 411 
150, 882 
292, 409 
500 
76, 942 
1,213 
27, 050 
New Jersey 
New York 
North Carolina 
Oregon 
Pennsylvania 
559, 600 
48, 100 
207, 600 
27, 980 
2, 405 
12, 432 
Rhode Island 
South Carolina 
Texas _ 
Virginia 
3,171,953 
134, 496 
8, 106, 823 
376, 944 
Washington 
Total 1 
18, 074, 534 
995, 790 
35, 736, 585 
1, 672, 192 
