TIIK Sl'ONGK FlSilEKY OF FLOKIDA IN I'JOO. 



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uiKK)iil)k'(lly luiv(> ))reii ^TcutiM- hud it not l)een for the exceptionally 

 good eiitelies on the "key gTound.s'' durino- IKUO. All the "key" 

 sponge.s arc .sold at Key West and will likely continue .so to be .sold, as 

 Tarpon Spring.s is too inaccessible for the "key" l)oats, but it is prob- 

 able that in time mo.st, if not all, of the sponges from the "ba}'^ 

 grounds" will be marketed at Tarpon Springs. Over two-thirds of 

 them were so disposed of in 1!)00. All of the data in the first table, 

 except wages and buyings, have alread}' been shown in the regular 

 fishcrv tables. 



Table sJitjirIm/ the cxleid uf llie ajiungc-hui/hu/ business in 1900. 



(ilucludes one buyer at Lemon City. 

 Tibh> shoving, by ])laces, kind^, and f/ronnds, the extent of the sponge-buyhig trade in 1900. 



