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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Comparative table showing the extent of the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States i% 



1891 and 1897. 



PERSONS ENGAGED. 



States. 



1891. 



1897. 



Increase or 



decrease 



in 1897 



compared 



with 1891. 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 or decrease 



in 1897 

 compared 

 with 1891. 



New York 



New Jersey . . 

 Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



Total... 



12, 246 

 10, 639 

 2,273 

 2,230 

 39,944 

 23,595 



8,862 



12,494 



1,898 



2,392 



42,812 



28, 277 



90,927 



96,735 



-3,384 

 +1,855 

 - 375 

 + 162 

 +2,868 

 +4,682 



+5,1 



-27.63 

 +17.44 

 -16.50 

 + 7.26 

 + 7.18 

 +19.84 



+6.38 



CAPITAL INVESTED. 



States. 



New York 



New Jersey . . 

 Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



Total... 



1891. 



$5,283,200 



2,467,865 



944, 140 



208,082 



7, 466, 718 



2, 948, 659 



19,318,664 



1897. 



$7,012,725 

 2,371,253 

 1,601,528 

 407, 819 

 5,821,610 

 2,891,536 



20, 106, 471 



Increase or 



decrease 



in 1897 



compared 



with 1891. 



+$1,729,525 

 96, 612 

 + 657, 388 

 + 199, 737 

 - 1,645,108 

 -57,123 



+ 787, 807 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 or decrease 



in 1897 

 compared 

 with 1891. 



+32.73 



- 3.91 

 +69.63 

 +95. 99 

 -22.03 



- 1.94 



+ 4.07 



PRODUCTS. 



States. 



New York 



New Jersey . . 

 Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



Total... 



Pounds. 



1891. 



170,885,022 



79, 116, 380 



7, 583, 657 



7,697,649 



141,177,827 



183,993,834 



590, 454, 369 



1897. 



109,555,566 



103, 782, 517 



5, 604, 263 



8,647,897 



88,588,018 



277, 993, 949 



594,172,210 



Increase or 



decrease 



in 1897 



compared 



with 1891. 



-61,329,456 

 +24, 666, 137 

 - 1,979,394 

 + 950,248 

 -52, 589, 809 

 +94,000,115 



+ 3,717,841 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 or decrease 



in 1897 

 compared 

 with 1891. 



-35.89 

 +31. 18 

 -26.10 

 +12.34 

 -37.25 

 +51.09 



+ .63 



States. 



New York 



New Jersey . . 

 Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



Total... 



Value. 



1891. 



$4,817,369 



3,520,057 



322,021 



255, 423 



6, 460, 759 



3, 647, 845 



19,023,474 



1897. 



$3,391,595 



3,614,434 



269, 507 



252, 123 



3,617,306 



3,179,498 



14,324,463 



Increase or 



decrease 



in 1897 



compared 



with 1891. 



-$1,425,774 

 + 94,377 



- 52,514 



3,300 



- 2,843,453 



- 468, 347 



- 4,699,011 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 or decrease 



in 1897 

 compared 

 with 1891. 



-29.60 

 + 2.68 

 -16.31 

 - 1.29 

 -44.01 

 -12.84 



-24. 70 



Note. — In the first two sections of the above table, comparing the statistics for 1897 with those for 

 1891, it has been necessary, in order to secure the same basis of comparison for both years, to include 

 in the data for 1897 an estimate of the number of persons engaged and the amount of capital invested 

 in the wholesale fishery trade of New York City, based on statistics for the year 1898, no data on the 

 wholesale trade of that city having been obtained for the year 1897. 



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