714 



KEPOET OF THE COMMISSIONER OB' FISHERIES. 



Table shoidng by slates, counties, apparatus, aiid species the yield of the shore fisheries of 

 Lake Erie in 1903 — Continued. 



WHOLESALE FISHEPa' TRADE. 



Ill the wholesale fishery trade of Lake Erie in 1903 there were 32 

 establishments, representing an investment, including cash or working 

 capital, of $1,269,870. The number of persons engaged was 198, and 

 the amount of wages paid was $268,538. The products aggregated 

 39,923,261 pounds, valued at $2,173,891. They were derived chiefly 

 from the American lisheries of Lake Erie, but also included a part of 

 the catch from the Canadian side of the lake, and a few salt-water 

 species, both domestic and imported. 



Table showing the wholesale fishery trade of Lake Erie in 1903. 



