FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



821 



( 'oiiijjarativc fable s^howing the cxtenl of llw fuihericn of the New Eiujland Slates in tSSO 



and '1898. 



PERSONS ENGAGED. 



States. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 

 Ma»<achuscttH .. 

 Rhode Island... 

 Connecticut 



Total 



188'J. 



14, 129 

 3<)5 



17,238 

 1,757 

 3,047 



36, 53() 



1S98. 



16, 9M 

 Ifvl 



14, 3(i3 

 1,687 

 2,473 



35, 631 



IiKtrease or 

 dec reuse 

 in 1898 us 

 comi)are(l 

 with 1889. 



+2,825 



- 211 

 -2,875 



- 70 



- 574 



- 905 



Percentage 



of iiKTease 



or decrease 



in 1898 HH 



(compare*! 



with 1889. 



+19.99 

 -57. 80 

 -16. 68 

 - 3.98 



-18.84 



- 2.48 



CAPITAL INVESTED. 



States. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 

 Massachusetts .. 

 Rhode Island ... 

 Connecticut 



Total 



1889. 



82, 889, 893 

 1]2,<)60 



13, 245, 229 

 1,020,178 

 2, 826, 834 



1898. 



$4,013,053 



52, 648 



13,372,902 



957,142 



1,241,291 



Increase or 

 decrea.se 

 in 1898 as 

 compared 

 with 1889. 



+81,123,160 



- 60, 012 

 + 127, 673 



63, 036 



- 1,585,543 



Percentage 



of increase 



or decreasf! 



in 1898 as 



compared 



with 1889. 



+m. 87 

 -53. 27 

 + .96 

 — 6.18 

 -56. 09 



20,094,794 19,637,036 I - 457,758 



2. 28 



PRODUCTS. 



States. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 

 Massachusetts .. 

 Rhode Island . . . 

 Connecticut 



Total 



Lbs. 



1889. 



1898. 



129,559,864 



4, 3.54,. 568 



299, 217, 669 



127, 3(i5, 475 



92, 672, 46-4 



653,170,040 



123, 404, 561 

 3,020,715 



202,257,817 

 32, 854, 396 

 31,920,417 



393, 467, 906 



Increase or 

 detirease 

 in 1898 as 

 compared 



with 1889. 



6,155,303 



1 , 333, 853 



96,959,8.52 



94,511,079 



60, 752, 017 



—259, 712, 134 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 or decrease 

 in 1898 as 

 compared 

 with 1889. 



— 4. 75 

 —30. 63 

 —32.40 

 —71.20 

 —65. 56 



—39. 76 



States. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 

 Massac hu.se tts .. 

 Rhode Island . . . 

 Connecticut 



Total 



1889. 



82,111,206 



88,511 



5, 8.58, 274 



935, 144 



1,557,506 



10,650,641 



F. C, 1900 21 



Value. I 



1898. 



82, 654, 919 



48, 987 



4, 463, 727 



955, 0r>8 



1^ 5.59, .599 



9,682,290 



Increase or 



decrease 

 ■ in 1898 as 

 compared 

 with 1889. 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 or decrease 

 in 1898 as 

 compared 

 with 1889. 



+ 8643,713 ! 

 — 39,624 : 

 —1,394, .547 I 

 + 19,914 

 + 2,093 i 



+25. 75 

 —44. 65 

 —23. 80 

 + 2.13 

 + .13 



868, 351 



— 8. 28 



