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  EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Table 
  shoiving 
  the 
  catch 
  by 
  miscellaneous 
  apparatus 
  in 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  vjest 
  coast 
  

   of 
  Florida 
  in 
  1902. 
  

  

  THE 
  WHOLESALE 
  TRADE. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  wholesale 
  trade 
  in 
  fishery 
  products 
  Hillsboro 
  County 
  leads, 
  

   with 
  Monroe 
  second 
  and 
  De 
  Soto 
  third. 
  In 
  the 
  two 
  first-named 
  coun- 
  

   ties 
  the 
  sponge-buying 
  industry 
  of 
  Tarpon 
  Springs 
  and 
  Key 
  West 
  

   form 
  the 
  principal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  trade. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  ivholesale 
  trade 
  in 
  fishery 
  products 
  for 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Florida 
  in 
  190e. 
  

  

  