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Table shoming, by counties, the products of the whale fisheries of Massachusetts in J898. 



Species. 



Suffolk. 



Barnstable. 



Bristol. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 



Oil, whale 



Oil, sea-elephant. 

 Whalebone 



190, 725 

 472,500 



$11,010 

 20,790 



412,889 



$27, 476 



2,515,836 



$160,537 



3,119,450 



472,500 



27,100 



$199,023 

 20,790 







27,100 



65, 875 



65, 875 















Total 



663,225 



31,800 



412, 889 



27, 476 



2, 542, 936 



226, 412 



3,619,050 



285, 688 







Table showing, by counties, tlie catch of sword-fish by harpoons in the vessel fisheries of 



Massachusetts in 1898. 



Counties. 



Frt 

 Lbs. 



ish. 



Salted. 



Total. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Essex 



278, 341 



142,400 



35,500 



85, 797 



1,800 



9,318 



16,760 



$15, 555 



11, 192 



1,715 



4,390 



140 



467 



1,006 



27,000 



$810 



305, 341 



142, 400 



35,500 



85, 797 



1,800 



9,588 



16,760 



$16, 365 



Suffolk 



11,192 



Plvmouth : 







1,715 



Barnstable 







4,390 



Nantucket -. 







140 



Dukes 



270 



5 



472 



Bristol 



1,006 









Total 



569,916 



34,465 



27,270 



815 



597, 186 



35,280 





- WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE OF BOSTON AND GLOUCESTER. 



The wholesale trade in fisheiy products in Massachusetts centers 

 chiefly at Boston and Gloucester. These two cities are also the prin- 

 cipal receiving and distributing points for fishery products in the New 

 England ^States. 



Boston is especially important as a fresh-fish market, but large 

 quantities of salted, smoked, and canned fish, oysters, lobsters, and 

 other products are also handled. The supply is derived from a variety 

 of sources. The ocean species, disposed of in a fresh and salted con- 

 dition, and as otherwise prepared, are caught and landed chiefly by the 

 J[eet of vessels owned at Boston, and by vessels from Gloucester and 

 Provincetown, Mass., and from Portland, Me., and other localities on 

 the New England coast. Large quantities of fish are received from 

 other sections of the Atlantic coast, and from the Great Lakes, the 

 Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific coast. There is also a considerable 

 quantity of fishery products of various kinds imported from the British 

 provinces and from a number of European countries. 



The number of firms in the various branches of the wholesale fishery 

 trade of Boston in 1898 was 93; the number of persons engaged as 

 proprietors, managers, and employees, 1,086; the amount of wages 

 paid, $601,593; and the investment in shore property and cash capital, 

 $4,029,060. The products sold consisted of fresh fish, 111,212,669 

 pounds, $1,118,922; salted fish, including boneless, 25,926,505 pounds, 

 $1,150,185; smoked fish, 3,659,750 pounds, $235,611; lobsters, fresh, 

 cooked, and pickled, 9,096,572 pounds, $1,239,210; canned fish, 105,669 

 cases, $442,205; and a large quantity of other products, including oys- 



