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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The following exhibit shows the number of the various types of vessels and boats 
employed in dredging during the season 1892-93 : 
Types. No. 
Sloops ! 32 
Canoes, etc 91 
Bug-eyes, schooners, and pungies 596 
Total 719 
The vessels and boats hailing from the Eastern Shore are generally in part or 
entirely owned by their respective captains, but the greater number of the Baltimore 
vessels are owned by merchants, commission sellers, etc. Of the 719 vessels and boats 
engaged in dredging during the last season, 1892-93, 324 were owned in whole or in 
large part by the captains in command of them. 
The following tabular statement exhibits the number of owners of the vessels 
licensed to dredge in 1892-93, with their respective holdings : 
Classification of owners. 
No. of 
No. of 
vessels. 
Men owning 1 vessel 
296 
296 
2 vessels 
76 
152 
3 vessels 
34 
102 
4 vessels 
18 
72 
5 vessels 
7 
35 
6 vessels 
' 3 
18 
9 vessels 
1 
10 vessels - - 
1 
10 
12 vessels 
1 
12 
13 vessels 
1 
13 
Totals 
438 j 
719 
j 
This statement shows that 4 men own 44 vessels, or one-sixteenth of the total 
number; 66 men own 271, or three-eighths of the total; and 142 men own 423, or 
tliree-flfths of the total dredging vessels and boats employed. 
The following table, exhibiting for each county the number of dredging vessels and 
boats in each tonnage grade, is of interest, especially to persons desirous of effecting 
a tonnage limit on the vessels operating in the u State waters. 7 ’ 
Table exhibiting by counties the tonnage grade of vessels engaged in dredging in 1891-92. 
