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as shore liands. The value of the shore and accessory property used 

 was $49,350; the amount of cash capital was $42,750; the wages paid 

 amounted to $28,556, and the aggregate value of the products handled 

 was $242,293. 



The extent of the wholesale trade in fishery products in Alabama in 

 1897 is shown in the following table: 



Table showing the extent of the wholesale trade in fishery products for Alabama in 1897. 

 Quantity. 



Itema. 



Establiahmenta . 



(■ash capital 



Wages paid 



Employees 



Products handled. 



Oysters opened... number.. 

 Oysteis sold in the shell, 



"barrels ♦. 



Shrimp pounds.. 



Crabs number. . 



Angeliish pounds.. 



Black bass do 



Blue-fish do 



Cat-fish do 



Channel bass do 



Crevalle do 



Croakers do 



26, 420, 000 



1,850 



70, 600 



135, 600 



6,000 



41, 000 



201, 000 



175,000 



211, 000 



12, 000 



397, 000 



Value. 



Items. 



$49, 350 

 42 750 

 28, 556 



106, 164 



3,646 

 3, 198 



2, 220 

 120 



3, 620 

 8,040 

 3, 675 



10, 550 



270 



13,910 



Drum pounds.. 



Flounders do 



Groupers do 



Jurel do 



Mullet do 



Pickerel do 



Pin-fish do 



Poinpauo do 



Ked snapper do 



Sheepshead do 



Silver perch do 



Spanish mackerel do 



Spots do 



Sun-fishes do 



Trout do 



Whiting do 



Total value of products. 



Quantity. 



6,000 



30, 000 



73, 000 



3,000 



590, 000 



4,000 



4,000 



60, 000 



710, 000 



80, 800 



5,000 



105, 000 



87, 000 



79, 500 



269, 600 



2,000 



Value. 



$190 



1,750 



1,625 



80 



12, 050 



110 



120 



7,250 



30, 500 



4,140 



320 



6,900 



2,430 



4,335 



15, 040 



40 



242, 293 



* Equals 104,061 gallons. 



FISHERIES OF MISSISSIPPI. 



Description of the coast. — The coast line of Mississippi is broken by a 

 number of small indentations, the most important of which are Point 

 Aux Cbeues Bay, Pascagoula Bay, Biloxi Bay, and Bay St. Louis. 

 Each of these receives the waters of a number of small streams, the 

 largest of which is the Pascagoula River, emptying into Pascagoula 

 Bay; Biloxi River, emptying into Biloxi Bay, and the Wolf River, 

 emptying into Bay St. Louis. At a distance of about 10 miles from 

 the shore is a low broken chain of small sandy islands, none of which 

 has more than an occasional inhabitant. Of these. Ship Island, lying 

 directly off of Biloxi, is the most important and furnishes the only good 

 harbor for large vessels on the coast. Mississippi Sound, extending 

 the entire length of the coast and terminating on the east at the 

 entrance of Mobile Bay, Alabama, lies between the islands and the 

 mainland. Its waters are too shallow for navigation by large vessels, 

 but it is of considerable importance as a fishing-ground. 



Fishing localities. — There are three counties on the coast of this State, 

 each of which is interested in the fisheries. These are Jackson, Harri- 

 son, and Hancock. The fisheries of Harrison County are much more 

 extensive than in the other two counties combined. Fishing is prose- 

 cuted commercially or otherwise in all the localities along the shore, 

 but the principal points are at Scranton and Ocean Springs, in Jack- 

 son County, Biloxi, in Harrison County, and Bay St. Louis, in Han- 



