men men Total
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Washington 30 19 639 7 695
Hancock 173 27 480 3 683
Penobscot 2 2
Waldo 19 19
Knox 55 78 606 10 749
Lincoln 12 11 447 4 474
Sagadahoc. 2 98 100
Cumberland 10 45 379 6 440
York 4 3 135 142
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Total 280 185 2,803 30 3,304

Table showing by counties the vessels, boats, apparatus, and
shore property employed in the lobster fishery of Maine in 1898.

Washington Hancock Penobscot Waldo
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Items. No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. No. Value.

Vessels fishing 10 $5,850 78 $33,000 1 $350
Tonnage 76 593 5
Outfit. 1,169 4,995 15

Vessels trans-
porting--steam 1 8,350 2 6,500
Tonnage 34 26
Outfit 1,835 1,950

Vessels trans-
porting--sail 5 8,500 8 9,900
Tonnage 94 99
Outfit 790 885

Boats trans-
porting
(steamers and
launches under
5 tons) 1 1,100 1 4,950

Sailboats
fishing 259 56,170 225 34,290

Rowboats
fishing 209 2,390 250 3,285 17 $255

Pots used in
vessel
fisheries 1,710 1,710 7,146 7,146 82 82

Pots used in
shore
fisheries 22,390 22,373 23,880 23,880 575 575

Shore
property 4,015 5,870 102
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Total 114.252 136,651 447 932

Knox Lincoln Sagadahoc Cumberland
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Items. No. Value. No. Value.