h for the
same purposes, and may introduce or permit to be introduced any
kind of fish into any waters.

The following special act was passed at the 1899 session of the
legislature:

SEC. 1. No person shall take, catch, kill, or destroy any lobsters
between the 1st day of July and the 1st day of September in each
year, under a penalty of $1 for each lobster so taken, caught,
killed, or destroyed, in the waters of Pigeon Hill Bay, so called,
in the towns of Millbridge and Steuben, within the following
points, namely: Commencing at Woods Pond Point, on the west side
of Pigeon Hill Bay; thence easterly to the Nubble, on Little Bois
Bubert Island; thence by the shore to the head of Bois Bubert
Island; thence northerly to Joe Dyers Point, so called; thence
by the shore around Long Cove and the creek; thence to the
head of Pigeon Hill Bay aforesaid; thence by the shore to the
first-mentioned bound.

SEC. 2. All fines and penalties under this act may be recovered as
provided in section 48 of chapter 285 of the Public Laws of 1897.

IMPORTATIONS OF LIVE LOBSTERS.

For some years there have been considerable importations of live
lobsters into Maine from the British Provinces, particularly from New
Brunswick; previous to the closing up of the canning industry they
were more numerous than at present, as considerable numbers were
brought in by boat fishermen for the canneries at or near Eastport.
The importations are now made by the dealers, who frequently send
their own smacks into the Provinces for a supply when lobsters are
scarce in the State.

The following table shows the importations into the State, by customs
districts, for the fiscal year 1898:

1898
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Customs districts. Pounds Value
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Aroostook 150 $12
Bangor. 246,991 43,507
Machias 700 91
Passamaquoddy 327,481 35,373
Portland and Falmouth 214,075 13,037
Waldoboro 43,264 3,211
Wiscasset 28,000 1,120

STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF THE LOBSTER INDUSTRY IN MAINE IN 1898.

The following tables show the statistical data relating to the fishery
for 1898; except the wholesale trade of Rockland and Portla