IJ2 ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Number gas and steam vessels employed . . 13 



Tonnage of gas and steam vessels . . . . 174.25 



Value of gas and steam vessels . $35, 100 



Value of outfit 79.555 



Number sail vessels employed 16 



Tonnage of sail vessels 151 



Value of sail vessels $14,950 



Value of outfit 5.775 



Number of other boats employed .... 116 



Value of other boats $6,254 



Value of outfit 4.575 



Number of tongs used 223 



Number dredges used 45 



Number of hands employed 159 



Amount paid in wages $50,824 



Value of shore property 17, 800 



Bushels market oysters produced . . . 338,800 



Bushels seed oysters planted 103,650 



Bushels seed oysters sold 150 



Value seed oysters sold $90 



Value market oysters sold 210,325 



Bushels clams produced 10,090 



Value clams sold $30,340 75 



Principal market New York. 



Princes and Raritan Bays. 



The oystermen of this section have had a most satisfactory year. Stock 

 has been better and more plentiful than during ten years past. 



Statistics were obtained from less than one-half the planters. It is 

 possible, however, to get a very fair idea of the production and values of 

 the locality. During the year there were marketed from these two bays, 

 including the kills, over 890,000 bushels of oysters. This stock was brought 

 to the New York market principally by the vessels engaged in the business, 

 many of which carry a load daily to New York. 



Acres held under lease 1 83 . 6 



Acres held under franchise 1.548 



Total acres cultivated 1 , 554 



Location of tracts — Raritan and Princes bays. 



