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SMOKED HERRING. 



The herring smoked by the fishermen are shown as smoked herring 

 in the product tables, but the American-caught herring, smoked by 

 canners and regular smokei's and included as smoked herring in the 

 statistics of the canning and smoked-herring industries, appear as fresh 

 herring in the product tables, since that was the condition in which 

 they were sold by the fishermen. 



The following table gives the quantity and value of smoked herring 

 prepared by fishermen, canners, and regular smokers in Maine in 1902: 



Table showing the quantity and value of smoked herring prepared in Maine in 1903. 



Designation. 



Smoked by fishermen 



Smoked by canners 



Smoked by regular smokers 



Total 



Pounds. 



Value. 



1,279,600 

 1,446,000 

 12, 184, 'J60 



14, 910, 560 



130, 300 



28, 540 



255, 312 



314, 152 



Table sJioiuing the quantity a)td value of smoked herring prepared in Maine in various years 



from 1880 to 1902. 



Table shoiving the number of firms, persons engaged, amouM of capital invested, and 

 wages jxiid in the wholesale fishery trade of Maine in 1903, not included in the canned 

 and smoked-fish industries. 



FISHERIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



The coast fisheries of New Hampshire are of minor importance when 

 compared with those of other New England States, and are confined to 

 Rockingham County, the only county in the state bordering the sea- 

 coast. The number of persons emplo3^ed in the fisheries of New 

 Hampshire in 1902 was 161, of whom 25 were on fishing vessels, 122 

 on boats in the shore fisheries, and 14 were shoresmen. The amount 

 of capital invested was $42,002, including 4 fishing vessels, with a 

 total net tonnage of 55 tons, valued at $2,150, and the value of their 



