318 REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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



Items. 



Vessels 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Seines 



Bag nets 



Dip nets 



Drag nets 



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 property 



Cash capital 



Maine. 



No. 



497 

 8,175 



5,741 

 251 

 202 

 182 



26 

 3,722 

 67 

 20 

 33 

 567 



Total. 



333 

 155, 978 



145 



Value. 



$638,400 



182,427 



284,897 



29,660 



8,645 



637 



710 



37,413 



14,680 



20 



14, 125 



111, 618 



51,965 



188 



155,777 



1,155 



127 



2,032 



1,193,478 

 1, 385, 099 



New Hampshire. 



No. 



123 



1 



Value. 

 «3,900 



3,458 



5,395 



500 



60 

 17 



844 

 6,960 



Massachusetts. 



No. 



637 

 30,558 



2, 625 

 272 



213 



27 



88 



4,632 



126 



1,675 



2, 118 

 i,666 



1,290 

 26,254 



32 



12,775 

 15,000 



4,013,053 



52,648 



Value. 



81,776,02& 



I 



939, 171 



178, 08-J 

 88, 3Mi 



272 

 1,610 

 1, 124 



50, 312 

 141,835 



900 



221,36,3 



2,376 



31,4S1 



1,200 



15,199 



469 



5, 125, 24S 



4, 797, 2,S0 



13, 372, 902 



Items. 



Vessels 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Seines 



Bag nets 



Dip nets 



Drag nets 



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 property 



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 



967,142 



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 



3,622 



5,025 



19,930 



1,357 



1,197 



17,405 



177 



37 



15, 131 



700 



;M4, 380 



179, 250 



1,241,291 



Total. 



No. 



1,427 

 43,821 



10,557 



640 



202 



396 



27 



853 



8,637 



478 



24 



37 



557 



6,075 

 205, 049 



230 



Value. 



$2,920,825 



1,303,514 



621, (370 



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 



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