FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 



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The season of 1899 was a very poor one, the fishing only lasting about 5 

 weeks. 



Statistical Tables. — The following tables show in full for Erie and Chautauqua 

 counties, New York, and in a condensed form for Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, 

 the number of persons employed, the vessels, boats, apparatus, shore and accessory 

 property and cash capital utilized, the catch by species alone and the catch by 

 species and apparatus : 



Table Showing the Persons Employed in the Fisheries of Lake Erie in 1899. 





on vessels 



FISHING 



on vessels 

 trans- 

 porting 



in boat 



fisheries 



shores- 

 men 



total 



Erie, 



Chautauqua, ... - 



38 

 17 



- 



743 

 74 



75 

 29 



856 

 120 



Total for New York, 

 Total for Pennsylvania, - 

 Total for Ohio, - 

 Total for Michigan, - 



55 

 156 

 363 



2 



55 

 8 



817 



206 



1,268 



no 



104 



100 



482 



2 



976 



464 



2,168 



120 



Grand total, - 



574 



65 



2,401 



688 



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