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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OB' 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing, 
  by 
  counties, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  species, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Missis- 
  

   sippi 
  in 
  1902 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  THE 
  WHOLESALE 
  FISHERY 
  TRADE, 
  

  

  The 
  wholesale 
  trade 
  in 
  fishei\y 
  products 
  in 
  Mississippi 
  in 
  1902 
  was 
  

   conducted 
  by 
  28 
  establishments, 
  including 
  9 
  oyster 
  and 
  shrimp 
  can- 
  

   neries, 
  3 
  wholesale 
  fish 
  firms, 
  and 
  16 
  shippers 
  of 
  opened 
  oysters, 
  

   shrimp, 
  terrapin, 
  and 
  crabs. 
  Opened 
  oysters 
  were 
  also 
  shipped 
  by 
  

   the 
  canners 
  and 
  fish 
  firms. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  

   these 
  establishments 
  was 
  2,640; 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  wages 
  paid 
  during 
  the 
  

   year 
  was 
  $245,950; 
  the 
  investment 
  in 
  shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property, 
  

   ^665,492; 
  the 
  cash 
  capital 
  utilized, 
  $160,200, 
  and 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  prod- 
  

   ucts 
  sold, 
  $1,453,757. 
  

  

  At 
  Biloxi, 
  where 
  the 
  canning 
  industry 
  chiefly 
  centers, 
  there 
  were 
  5 
  

   oyster 
  and 
  shrimp 
  canneries, 
  having 
  a 
  value, 
  in 
  shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  

   property, 
  of 
  $389,120, 
  and 
  a 
  cash 
  capital 
  of 
  $44,000. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  

   persons 
  eraploj^ed 
  was 
  1,302, 
  to 
  whom 
  $97,000 
  were 
  paid 
  in 
  wages. 
  

  

  