336 REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



employing 4,017 persons, while in 1898 there were 78 canneries, with 

 6,829 employees. There has been a considerable increase in the pack 

 of sardines. In 1889 the sardines packed were valued at $1,676,105, 

 and in 1898 the value of the pack was $3,103,723. There were no 

 mackerel canned in 1889, but in 1898 the pack of canned mackerel was 

 valued at $44,848. There has also been an increase in the value of the 

 pack of canned clams from $43,050 in 1889 to $206,087 in 1898. 



There has recently been considerable change in the management of 

 the sardine industry. In 1899 two companies were formed which 

 included a large majority of the sardine canneries of the State, and 

 the result has apparently been favorable to the interests of the business. 



Table showing, by counties, the canneries, cash capital, cost of matenals, wages paid, and 

 numher of persons employed in the canning industry of Maine in 1898. 



('ounties. 



Washington. 



Hancock 



Knox 



Lincoln 



Cumberland 



Total.. 



Canneries. 



No. Value. 



51 



10 



4 



5 



78 



$397,000 



64, 200 



6,800 



58,800 



39,500 



566,300 



Cash 

 capital. 



$669, 850 

 100,000 



18,500 

 105,000 



21,500 



914,850 



Cost of ma- 

 terials. 



$1,322,865 



111,696 



11, 792 



96,756 



18,650 



Wages 

 paid. 



1,561,759 



$813,251 



82,922 



7,480 



62, 974 



21, 080 



987,707 



Persons 



em- I 

 ployed. I 



5,436 

 727 

 113 

 407 

 147 



6,829 



Table showing, by counties, the products of the canning industry of Maine in 1898. 



Products. 



Knox. ' Lincoln. 



Cumberland. 



No. 



Value. No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value, " 



Raw products: 

 Herring . . . . pounds . 







4,188,000 

 45,900 



$14,040 

 230 



273, 700 

 10,000 



1 

 t 

 $1,36» 

 50 



Mackerel do 







Menhaden do 



202,200 

 58,890 



$708 

 17,862 



Clams bushels. . 



24,855 



6,490 



54,257 



18,260 



Total 





18, 570 





20, 760 





19,679 











Manufactured products: 

 Sardines in oil — 

 Quarters cases. . 







24,400 

 6,500 



5,100 

 23,700 



750 



500 



610 

 100 



64,080 

 25,800 



16,775 

 68,050 



2,063 



1,125 



2,440 

 550 





Halves do. . . 







■ 



Sardines in mustard — 

 Quarters do 













Three-quarters do. . . 











Sardines in spices- 

 Three-quarters . do. 











Plain herring — 

 One pound do 







3,405 



10,595 < 



Mackerel — 

 Three-quarters do 







One pound do 







100 



280 ' 



Menhaden — 

 One pound do 



Clams- 

 One pound do 



Two pound do 



Clam juice — 

 One pound do 



1,896 



8,871 

 7,992 



4,929 



23,255 

 15,185 



6,060 

 200 



15,383 

 400 



12, 334 

 1,781 



600 

 200 



9,070 



36,710 ' 

 3,562 



1,380 ' 

 320 1 



24,956 i 



Two pound do 



7,917 

 200 



15,834 

 500 







Clam chowder — 

 Three pound do 



300 



840 



Total 





59,703 





197, 506 





76,803 : 











Secondary products: 

 Oil gallons 







2,784 

 184 



725 

 1,104 







Pomace ..... . tons 





















Total ...". 









1,829 







t 











- 



Total of manufactiired and 

 f^condary products 





59, 703 





199, 335 





76,808 













