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Pack of canned shrimp, 1931 — -Continued 

 ACTUAL CASES 



Size 



Cases 



Value 



In tins, dry: 



4-ounce (48 cans) 



5-ounce (48 cans) 



8, %yi, and 8V2 ounce (24 cans). 

 Other sizes (standard cases)... 



In tins, wet: 



334, 4, and 5 ounce (48 cans)... 



554-ounce (48 cans) 



8}^ to 934 ounce (24 cans) 



Other sizes (standard cases)... 



In glass, wet: 



5)4-ounce (24 cans) 



5?i-ounce (24 cans) _ . 



Other sizes (standard cases)... 



Total. 



8,251 



153,212 



22, 145 



4,163 



18, 752 



571.072 



6,341 



7,141 



75, 802 

 7.333 

 2,315 



$32, 349 



687, 965 



110,623 



22, 453 



91,129 



2, 583, 495 



28,412 



51,700 



330, 298 



21, 408 



22, 415 



3, 982, 247 



Note. — "Standard cases" represent the various sized cases converted to the equivalent of 5-ounce cans, 

 48 to the case, in the dry pack and 5M-ounce cans, 48 to the case, in the wet pack. Shrimp were canned at 2 

 plants in South Carolina. 5 in Georgia, 6 in Florida, 2 in Alabama, 15 in Mississippi, 19 in Louisiana, and 

 6 in Texas. 



Pack of canned oysters, 1931 



ST.^NDARD CASES 



State 



North Carolina, Georgia, and 



Florida 



South Carolina 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Cases 



16, 388 

 74, 186 

 23. 551 

 159, 808 



Value 



$.50, 218 



224, 248 



75, 332 



487, 644 



State 



Louisiana.. 



Washington 



Total. 



Cases 



24, 415 

 7,930 



306, 278 



Value 



$85, 278 

 40, 805 



963, 525 



ACTUAL CASES 



Note.— "Standard cases" represent the various sized cases converted to the equivalent of 5-ounce cans, 

 48 to the case. Oysters were canned at 1 plant in North Carolina, 7 in South Carolina. 2 in Georgia. 2 in 

 Florida. 3 in Alabama. 16 in Mississippi. 8 in Louisiana, and 4 in Washington. The pack during the spring 

 period (January to May. 1931) amounted to 238,850 standard cases, valued at $757,468 and that during the 

 fall period (September'to December, 1931) amounted to 67,428 standard cases, valued at $206,057. The 

 pack during the spring period of 1930 amounted to 333.174 standard cases, valued at $1,605,647 and during 

 the fall period of 19.30. 63,000 standard cases, valued at $231,215. 



