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these returns have been recorded, the remaining oystermen merely 

 planting for their own use. In the towns of Barnstable and Ware- 

 ham about four-fifths of the oystermen have made returns. The facts 

 given in the following tables are based only on the returns at hand, 

 and therefore do not give a complete report for these two towns. 



Statistical Summary. 



Capital invested. 



Boats. 



Im- 

 plements. 



Shore 

 Property. 



Bedded 

 Oysters. 



Wellfleet, . 

 Chatham, . 

 Dennis-Yarmouth, 

 Barnstable, 

 Falmouth, . 

 Bourne, 

 Wareham, . 

 Fall Eiver district, 

 Nantucket, ■ 

 Total, . 



$10,115 



1,695 



25 



5,269 



1,525 



6,515 



9,365 



19,840 



618 



$576 



313 



50 



1,139 



106 



483 



1,120 



2,000 



16 



$1,200 



1,226 



100 



4,300 



1,000 



150 



2,420 



6,200 



26 



$19,500 



23,300 



6,000 



28,850 



450 



18,300 



27,725 



68,500 



800 



$31,390 

 26,533 



5,175 

 39,658 



3,080 

 24,448 

 40,620 

 96,640 



1,858 



$63,867 



$5,800 



$16,620 



$192,426 



$268,702 



