194 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Boats employed. 
Devices or nets. 
Ho. 
Boats. 
Ho. 
Haul-seine 
1 
Plats 
2 
Purse-seines 
9 
$ Sloops and schooners of 9 to 10 tons 
9 
(Small boats 
18 
Drag-nets 
25 
do 
25 
5 
Oil! -nets 
5 
do 
Pound-nets .. 
66 
do 
22 
Total 
106 
81 
Value of outfit (as found). 
1 haul-seine, boats and net complete (estimated) $1, 300. 00 
9 purse-seines, boats and net complete . 10, 800. 00 
25 drag-nets, boats and net complete 3, ] 25. 00 
66 pound-nets, boats and net complete 13, 000. 00 
5 crops gill-nets, boats and net complete (estimated) 875. 00 
Total . 29,100.00 
Persons employed . 
Men. 
1 seine (estimated) . 12 
9 purse-seines 63 
25 drag-nets 75 
66 pounds or traps 50 
5 crops gill-nets - 12 
Total 212 
'The chief part of the catch is taken in Croatan and lower Albemarle 
Sound, near Roanoke Island. 
Ownership and fishing localities. 
Device. 
Ho. 
Owner’s name. 
Locality. 
Haul-seine ... 
1 
Mrs. L. Brinkley 
Croatan Sound. 
Purse-nets • 
1 
T. M. Guard, Elizabeth City . . 
(?) 
Do - 
1 
John Pinner, Elizabeth City.. 
(?) 
Do 
1 
John H. Midgett 
Croatan Sound. 
Do 
1 
T. M. Guard, jr. 
Do. 
Do 
1 
T. M. Walker 
Do. 
Do 
1 
W. B. Alexander 
Alligator Biver. 
Do 
1 
Geo. C. Daniels 
Koanoke Sound. 
Do 
1 
T. W. Daniels & Bro 
Do. 
Do 
1 
Spencer Daniels 
Do. 
Drag-nets 
25 
Vicinity Bo an ok e Island. 
Pound-Dots 
17 
Do. 
Do 
3 
Ike Hettrick 
In and near Alligator Biver. 
Do 
2 
Hook Swain 
Hear Alligator Biver. 
Do 
4 
Meet Smith 
Do. 
Do 
2 
J oe M. Pledger 
Do. 
Do 
3 
Wash. Bland 
Do. 
Do 
4 
S. S. Barnett & Sons 
Do. 
Do 
3 
Harrison Hayman 
Do. 
Do 
5 
Spruill & Woodley 
At Durant’s Island. 
Do . . 
5 
At Prying Pan, Alligator Biver. 
Do 
8 
AtHewportHews, Alligator Biver. 
“Do 
7 
In and near Edenton Bay. 
Do . 
3 
Pasquotank Biver. 
