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Table showing the number of persons engaged in the fisheries of the New England 



States in 1898, 



States. 



Fisher- 

 men. 



Shores- 

 men. 



Total. 



Maine - 



8,717 



143 



10,205 



1,340 



1,826 



■ 8,237 



11 



3,972 



347 



647 



16,954 

 154 



14,177 

 1,687 

 2,473 



New Hampshire 



Massachusetts 



Rhode Island 



Connecticut 





Total , 



22,231 



13,214 



35,445 





Table showing the investment in the fisheries of the New England States in 1898. 



Items. 



Maine. 



New Hampshire. 



Massachusetts. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels 



497 

 8,175 



S538,400 



5 

 79 



$3,900 



637 

 30,558 



$1,776,025 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



182, 427 



284, 897 



29, 660 



8,645 



637 



3,458 



5,395 



500 



939 772 



Boats 



5,741 

 251 

 202 



182 



123 



1 



2,625 

 272 



178,082 

 88,382 



Seines 



Bag nets 



Dip nets 







213 



27 



88 



4,632 



126 



272 



Drag nets - 







1,610 



1,124 



50,312 



141,835 



Fyke nets 



26 

 3,722 

 67 

 20 

 33 

 557 



710 



37,413 



14,680 



20 



14,125 



111,618 



51,965 



188 



155, 777 



1,155 



127 



2,032 







Gill nets 



60 

 17 



844 

 6,960 



Pound nets 



Snap nets 



Trap nets 







4 



90U 



Weirs 









Lines, hand and trawl.. 





2,118 





221,365 



Pots, eel 



333 

 155,978 





1,290 

 26,254 



2,376 



Pots, lobster 



1,675 



1,666 



31,481 

 1,200 



Harpoons 



Spears 



145 











Dredges, tongs, rakes, hoes, 

 and forks 





32 





15,199 



Other apparatus 









469 



Shore and accessory prop- 





1,193,478 

 1,385,099 





12, 775 

 15,000 





5,125,248 



erty 











Cash capital...... 



4,797,250 











Total 





4,013,053 





52,648 





13,372,902 













Items. 



Vessels 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Seines 



Bag nets 



Dip nets 



Dragnets 



Fyke nets 



Gill nets 



Pound nets 



Snap nets : 



Trap nets 



Weirs 



Lines, hand and trawl 



Pots, eel 



Pots, lobster 



Harpoons 



Spears 



Dredges, tongs, rakes, hoes, 

 and forks 



Other apparatus 



Shore and accessory prop- 

 erty 



Cash capital 



Total 



Rhode Island. 



No. 



93 

 1,454 



854 

 49 



329 

 134 



202 

 4 



3,139 

 10,312 



29 



Value. 



$167,850 



46,597 



72,381 



7,243 



2,462 



7,085 



110,395 



20 



2,010 



1,987 



12, 716 



109 



46 



6,549 

 43 



439,149 

 80,500 



957,142 



Connecticut. 



No. 



195 

 3,555 



1,214 

 67 



410 

 89 

 66 



1,313 

 10,830 



56 



Value. 



$434,650 



131,260 



80, 915 



6,355 



3,522 



5,025 



19,930 



1,357 



1,197 



17,405 



. 177 



37 



15,131 

 700 



344,380 

 172,250 



1,241,291 



Total. 



No. 



1,427 

 43.821 



10,557 



640 



202 



395 



27 



853 



8,637 



478 



24 



37 



557 



6,075 

 205,049 



230 



Value. 



$2,920,825 



1,303,514 



621,670 



132, 140 



8,645 



909 



1,610 



7,818 



100,679 



293,800 



40 



15,025 



111,618 



278,815 



5,748 



219,045 



2,641 



210 



38,943 



1,212 



7,115,030 

 6,457,099 



19,637,036 



