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Tabic x]toiriii(/, hii jilaci-x, klm/a, iin<l (/roinidK, (he cdlcli, hi/ trasrls mid Jionlif, in. tJw sponge 

 'fisheri/ in 1900. 



a Includes 1,016 pounds of sheepswool, valued at fl,*66, and 44 pounds of velvet, valued at 834, from 

 the Nicaraguan coast. 



The following table .shows the average price per pound received for 

 each kind from the various grounds. The '' bay " sheepswool are much 

 more valuable than the "ke}'" variet}^, while the "ke}-" yellow, grass, 

 and velvet are all more valuable than those from the " bay." There is 

 no difference in the value of the glove sponges from either ground. 

 The general average price was $1.36. 



Average 

 price per 

 pound. 



' Bay " sheepswool . . . 

 ' Key " sheepswool . . . 



'Bay" yellow 



'Key" yellow 



'Bay" grass 



'Key" grass 



' Bay ' ' velvet or boat 

 ' Key" velvet or boat 



'Bay" glove 



'Key" glove 



123, 017 

 58,294 

 32,433 

 42, 033 

 71, 686 

 71,426 



6,422 

 1,185 

 11,243 



«356,045 

 127,218 

 18, 097 

 25,948 

 15,516 

 17,747 

 64 

 5, 256 



Heretofore the hnv in regard to the gathering of sponges less than 

 4 inches in diameter has been more honored in the breach than in the 

 observance. This was largely owing to the fact that the law did not 



