Vessels trans-
porting—steam
14 64,050
Tonnage
200
Outfit
14,444
Vessels trans-
porting—sail 2 550
59 70,850
Tonnage 14
1,027
Outfit 65
9,312
Boats trans-
porting
(steamers and
launches under
5 tons) 4
8,250
Sailboats
fishing 47 2,085 1,030
151,040
Rowboats
fishing 81 1,860 1,668
21,532
Pots used in
vessel
fisheries 250 250 14,238
14,238
Pots used in
shore
fisheries 6,595 6,595 141,740
141,530
Shore
property 3,300
49,932
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Total 16,530 616,668*
The property, cash capital, etc.,
in the wholesale
trade of Rockland and Portland is shown elsewhere.
Table showing by counties, vessels, and boats the yield in the lobster fishery of Maine in 1898.
Vessel catch Boat catch Total -------------- ---------------- --------------- Counties Pounds Value Pounds Value Pounds Value --------- ------ ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- Washington 82,809 $7,312 1,545,895 $132,877 1,628,704 $140,189 Hancock 444,704 47,101 2,198,518 204,390 2,643,222 251,491 Penobscot 1,264 118 1,264 118 Waldo 17,766 1,713 17,766 1,713 Knox 286,688 29,395 2,165,256 186,968 2,451,944 216,363 Lincoln 48,872 4,157 2,106,645 181,617 2,155,517 185,774 Sagadahoc 384,900 30,392 384,900 30,392 Cumberland 22,253 2,000 1,401,338 118,616 1,423,591 120,616 York 21,241 1,841 455,145 44,358 476,386 46,199 ------- ------ ---------- ------- ---------- ------- Total 907,831 91,924 10,275,463 900,931 11,183,294 992,855