THE MENHADEN FISHERY. 
CENSUS STATISTICS OF THE MENHADEN INDUSTRY FOR 1880. 
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In 1880 the total number of persons employed in the menhaden fishery and in the manufacture 
of the oil and guano was 3,635, the capital invested was $2,362,841; and the value of the products 
was $2,116,787. The detailed statistics for each State were as follows: 
Number of persons employed. 
State. ‘Fishermen. eee Total. 
Massachusetts...-.-....---- 251 20 271 
Bhode Island ...........-- 416 192 608 
Connecticut ......-.--.----- 504 127 631 
New York..........---.---- 756 825 1, 081 
New Jersey ..-------.------ 174 130 304 
Maryland. ............----+- 15 6 21 
Delaware ........----------- 8 3 11 
Virginia ........--..-....--- 419 289 708 
Total ......020.20000-0- 2, 543 1,092 3, 635 
Capital invested and apparatus employed. 
Vessels. Boats. Purse-seines. 
Value of fac- 
a Total capital 
Btate. Ontfit excln- souer end invested. 
No. Tons. Value. sive ofnets| No. | Value. | No. | Value. . 
and boats. 
5 320. 89 B20, 000: aia cersiassaraciaccilacsciel| satereieasctelaiasisicial sie siataroesiann $279, 187 $299, 187 
85 1, 269. 70 106, 400 $17,105 57 $7, 000 34 | $13, 600 35, 000 179, 105 
61 2, 188. 58 171, 050 24,600 | 111 10, 750 50 20, 000 77, 900 304, 300 
72 2, 304. 76 191, 950 27,600 | 114 11,820 55 22, 000 139, 000 392, 370 
147 4, 053. 87 391, 750 42,600 | 225 20,240 126 50, 400 315, 000 819, 990 
New Jersey . 81 560. 68 35, 400 12,000} 52 6,350} 20 8, 000 67, 500 129, 250 
Maryland... 3 71. 20 2, 900 1, 200 4 275 1 400 8, 000 12, 775 
Delaware «.. 0sciscacsiscascnssaecins|seeesallecesnnectees|scecmeceewceiliececesetas cee 5 200) eraiaeicsll scicca a west 1, 500 1,700 
Virginia... 0.022... c cee ee ee cee ee 102 2, 136. 03 90, 200 18,714 80 4, 800 80 24, 000 84, 450 222, 164 
North Carolina sccs2200s2seenenevalsesaws |varweeevewsa bese seeeennnslowsaswunennwes [ean wee|saraeeeews|eneees lee eeeseaay 2, 000 2, 000 
Total ......--..-0-2 eee eee 456 | 12,905.71 | 1,009, 650 143,819 | 648| 65,435 | 366 | 138, 400 1, 009, 637 2, 362, 841 
Quantities and values of products. 
State. Pounds of men- | Gallons of | Value of |Tons of guano} Value of| Value of | Total value 
" haden taken. | oil made. oil. made. guano. | compost. | of products. 
Massachusetts ... ~ 26, 066, 077 50,400 | $17, 640 1,971 | $23, 652 |.......-.. * $61, 769 
Rhode Island .... 68, 693, 800 270, 482 94, 668 10,590 | 127,080 |... 221, 748 
Connecticut ......200.casneecceccecsccencceenencceeees 65, 092, 000 256,300 | 89, 705 9,000 | 166, 500 256, 205 
NOéW: York scoonciesisesas ss seiceecmiosaeeresenseteenee 288, 891,200 | 1,186,682 | 415, 338 32,210 | 658,520 | $40, 300 1, 114, 158 
New Jersey .... 29, 064, 600 87, 747 30, 711 4,545 | 113, 625 1, 950 146, 286 
Maryland ....- 3, 903, 000 10, 575 3, 701 300 6, 200 1, 950 11, 851 
Delaware ...... 499, 900 450 157 15 180 604 941 
Virginia..... BO COS COC On crane enrce ners 88, 213, 800 203, 760 81, 504 10, 273 | 205, 460 16, 865 303, 829 
Tha oninniies a veancaian vienacedatemeratetnesed 570, 424,377 | 2, 066,396 | 733, 424 68, 904 | 1,301,217 | 61, 669 2,116, 787 
* Includes $20,477, the value of menhaden sold to factories outside the State or used for bait. 
A COMPARISON OF THE YIELD OF THE WHALE AND OTHER FISHERIES.—In 1875, the total 
amount of sperm oil from the American whale fisheries was 1,000,951 gallons; of other whale oil, 
1,414,186 gallons; in all, 2,505,137 gallons. The amount of menhaden oil for the same year was 
2,618,487 gallons, an excess of 176,350 gallons. 
gallons, exceeding that of whale oil by 1,115,597 gallons. 
In 1874, the amount of menhaden oil was 3,372,837 
