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Manufacturing. — There were 19 establishments in South CaroHna 

 in 1929 engaged primarily in the manufacture of fishery products or 

 by-products. They employed 470 persons, who received $220,353 in 

 salaries and wages. The products manufactured, consisting princi- 

 pally of canned oysters, canned shrimp, and oyster-shell products, 

 were valued at $1,024,331. Detailed statistics of most of the produc- 

 tion of canned fishery products and by-products may be obtained from 

 Fisheries Document No. 1095, entitled "Fishery Industries of the 

 United States, 1929." 



Fishermen's 'prepared products. — In addition to the output of pre- 

 pared products by manufacturing firms, there were 264 fishermen in 

 South Carolina preparing fishery products. Their output, consisting 

 principally of salted mullet, amounted to 159,700 pounds, valued at 

 $14,890. 



Industries related to the fisheries of South Carolina, 1929 



TRANSPORTING 



WHOLESALE 



Items 



Beaufort 

 County 



Charleston 

 and Jasper 

 Coimties 



Horry and 



Georgetown 



Counties 



Total 



Establishmentp 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors 



Salaried employees 



Wage earners 



Paid to salaried employees 



Paid to wage earners 



Total salaries and wages 



12 



5 



146 



$6,550 

 26, 707 



33, 257 



$6,000 

 18, 160 



24,160 



$300 



300 



22 



21 

 9 



189 



$12, 550 

 45, 167 



57, 717 



MANUFACTURING 



' A standard case contains forty-eight 5-ounce cans of oysters, forty-eight S-ounce cans in the dry pack, 

 or forty-eight 5^-ounce cans in the wet pack of shrimp. 

 ' Includes canned hard clams, salted mullet, sturgeon caviar, and menhaden products. 



