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KEPOET OF THE COMMISSIONEK OF FISHERIES. 



canneries was 8,842 and the amount of wages paid was |^1,2S6,391. 

 Tlae output consisted of 1,203,970 cases of sardines, valued at $3,631,035, 

 and other products worth $325,668, the total value being $3,9^6,703. 

 The packers are beginning to can kippered herring. The quantity 

 canned in 1902 was 1,750 cases, valued at $8,720. There were no 

 Russian sardines prepared, as the trade in this product has become 

 unprofitable. 



Table shoiving hij counties tJte canneries, casJh capital, number of 'persons engaged, and 

 wcujes paid in the canning industry of Maine in 1903. 



Table sho'wing by counties the products of the canning industry of Maine in 190,2. 



