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west a large percentage of the fish are brought in by the men who own 
and fish the weir. 
The greatest distance that the young herring are carried is about 20 
miles, and under ordinary circumstances 15 miles is as far as they can 
safely be taken. The fishing for any particular factory is therefore 
limited to this radius. 
Proportion of American and Canadian fish consumed. — As 
already stated, the principal fishing grounds for herring that have thus 
far been developed are among the Canadian islands in the vicinity of 
Eastport, but the duty of $2.50 per case on sardines prevents the 
building of factories on the Canadian side of the boundary, these be- 
ing located, with the exception of a small one at Saint Andrews which 
is engaged in packing fish for the Canadia trade and for exportation, 
on the coast of Maine, in close proximity to the boundary line. 
The factories at E obbinston have always obtained a considerable per 
centage of their fish from weirs located along the adjacent coast of 
Maine, and the present season between 50 and 60 per cent, of the entire 
pack of these factories has been caught ir&American waters. The can- 
neries at Eastport are more extensively dependent upon foreign fish 
than those of any other locality. In 1885, at least 95 per cent, of the 
fish packed were caught in the waters of New Brunswick, and this year 
about 90 per cent, were caught in the same locality. The quantity 
of Canadian-caught fish put up in Lubec and Pembroke varies from 
year to year. In 1885 at least 90 per cent, of the pack at the former 
place were caught by New Brunswick fishermen, and fully two-thirds 
of those caught in the latter were from the same locality. Dur- 
ing the present season, however, the catch in the American weirs of 
Cobscook Bay and of West Quaddy Eiver has been much larger than 
for a number of years, and it is estimated that half of the pack of the 
Lubec factories consists of American-caught fish, while at least 90 
per cent, of those packed at Pembroke were caught within a few miles 
of that village. All of the fish put up in the factories farther west were 
caught along the coast of Maine. 
VI.— THE CANNERIES AND THEIR PRODUCTS. 
Description of canneries.— The buildings used for sardine can- 
ning are two-story wooden structures, usually containing separate 
rooms for each of the principal kinds of work. Their value, including 
the land occupied and all the fixtures which they contain, ranges from 
$2,000 to $24,000. The largest and best constructed are, generally speak, 
ing, those of Eastport, which average nearly $10,000 ; those of Lubec 
being worth only a little over $6,000 apiece, and those of Pembroke. 
Eobbinston, and North Perry about $5,000. Farther southwest there 
is great variation in the size and completeness of the different factoriese 
There are several large ones, notably at Millbridge, Bass Ilarbor* and 5 
