466 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
INVESTMENT IN THE SPONGE FISHERY OF FLORIDA, EXCLUDING SPONGE BUYING, FOR A SERIES 
OF YEARS. 
x 
= 1880. 1900. 1903. 1904. 
Item. 
No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. 
Wessels. oe Sc one 8 A ee Se eee 102 |$162,050 156 $182,151 140 |$215, 185 123 | $178, 765 
Apparatus, boat fishery: 
(DT yee ee oe ee See e se See Brad 
1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 
Item. 
| No. Value. No. Value No. Value. No. Value. 
145 | $233,425 
2. 2OR se 
Craft. 1880. 1900 1903 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 
Hooking: Vessels). cis 5 oe ee 102 156 140 123 104 51(?) 69 72 
5 Boats _.__- 233 193 186 156 
Diving, machine boats_______--_-_- 12 69 78 123 
Diving, living or deposit vessels Ir 47 47 73 
PERSONS EMPLOYED IN HOOKING AND DIVING, RESPECTIVELY. 
Craft. 1880 1900 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908, 
Hooking: Vessels {= =~ otec ne oo 828 I, 239 1,198 I, 01s 893 639 457 568 
Boats. se ee ee ee eee 874 887 762 850 633 542 410 
hotel 2 eee ake ae ee eee 2,113 2,085 | D777 1,743 1,272 999 | 978 
153 746 669 945 
13 196 420 397 
| 166 942 1,089 | 1,342 
‘Grand’total as ee eee 2,113 2,085 | 1,777 1,909 2,214 2,088 2,320 
