462 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Table XIY. — The menhaden fishery in 1886 compared with 1880. 
State. 
Factories. 
Fishermen. 
Factory hands. 
Total number 
of men. 
St* 
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Massachusetts : 
1880 
1 
251 
20 
271 
*12 
$97, 500 
18*6 
Rhode Island : 
I8r0 
7 
416 
192 
608 
18 
141, 500 
18*6 
3 
291 
178 
469 
13 
156, 500 
Conn, cticut : 
1880 
7 
504 
127 
631 
19 
146, 000 
1886 
5 
152 
102 
254 
7 
63, 000 
New York : 
1880. 
26 
756 
325 
1, 081 
30 
270, 000 
1886 
15 
673 
513 
1, 186 
32 
349, 800 
New Jersey : 
1880 
12 
174 
130 
304 
1 
3, 000 
1886 
11 
187 
146 
333 
2 
25, 000 
Delaware: 
1880 
1 
8 
3 
11 
1886 
2 
30 
70 
100 
2 
20, 000 
Maryland : 
1.880 
1 
15 
6 
21 
1886 
3 
89 
59 
148 
Virginia : 
1880 
38 
419 
289 
708 
1 
3, 000 
1886 
37 
1,045 
605 
1,650 
9 
48, 500 
North Carolina: 
1880 
1886 
6 
252 
83 
335 
2 
13, 600 
Total : 
1880 
93 
2, 543 
1,092 
3, 635 
81 
661, 000 
1886 
82 
2, 719 
1,756 
4,475 
67 
676, 400 
Sail vessels. 
Total cap- 
Total 
State. 
Menhaden 
caught. 
Oil made. 
Scrap pre- 
ital in- 
vested. 
value of 
products. 
Number. 
Value. 
pared. 
Barrels. 
Gallons. 
Tons. 
Massachusetts : 
1880 
*23 
$8, 900 
$179, 105 
13, 030 
50, 400 
1, 971 
$61, 769 
1886 
Rhode Island: 
1880 
43 
29, 550 
4, 500 
304, 300 
393, 780 
343, 469 
270, 482 
661, 334 
10, 590 
5, 620 
221, 748 
253, 364 
1886 
6 
245, 727 
Connecticut: 
18*0 
53 
25, 950 
392, 370 
325, 460 
256, 300 
9, 000 
256, 205 
1886 
8 
3, 050 
163, 480 
66, 440 
134, 878 
1, 933 
70, 755 
New York : 
1880 
117 
121, 750 
819, 990 
1, 444, 456 
1, 186, 682 
32, 210 
1, 114, 158 
1886 
22 
29, 450 
985, 097 
501, 693 
1,055,130 
12, 123 
542, 008 
New J ersey: 
1880 
30 
32, 400 
' 24, 500 
129, 250 
223, 300 
145, 323 
87, 747 
200, 164 
4, 545 
2, 650 
146, 286 
98, 340 
1886 
24 
93, 198 
Delaware: 
1880 
1, 700 
116, 850 
2, 499 
98, 886 
450 
15 
941 
1886 
298, 880 
■ 2,875 
116, 750 
Maryland: 
1880 . 
3 
2, 900 
12, 775 
19, 515 
10, 575 
300 
11, 85 
1886 . 
•14 
25, 600 
66, 670 
33, 642 
41, 025 
1, 129 
31, 600 
Virginia: 
1880 
101 
87, 200 
222, 164 
441, 069 
203, 760 
10, 273 
303,829 
1886 
148 
238, 500 
863, 615 
523, 623 
512, 628 
13, 861 
355, 500 
NoTth Carolina: 
1880 
1886 
26 
26, 800 
108, 840 
65, 787 
77, 240 
1, 432 
49, 013 
Total : 
2, 116, 787 
1880 
370 
308, 650 
2, 061, 654 
2, 734, 821 
2, 066, 396 
68, 904 
1886 
248 
352, 400 
2, 921, 632 
1, 628, 996 
2, 981, 274 
41, 623 
1, 517, 330 
* These vessels were owned in Massachusetts, but the majority of them were engaged in fishing for 
factories in Rhode Island and New York. 
