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Tlie extent of the wholesale trade iu fishery products ou the Texas 

 coast is set forth in the following summary. Most of the products of 

 Matagorda, Aransas, and Corpus Ohristi bays are shipped respectively 

 from Port Lavaca, Eockport, and Corpus Christi to the west and south- 

 west, and the same is true of the red snappers caught off Galveston. 

 But most of the products of other sections of the coast are consumed 

 in the localities where obtained. A noticeable feature of the wholesale 

 fish trade on this coast is the organization effected by the fishermen 

 several years ago of union or cooperative fish markets, the profits of 

 which are shared in by the flsliermen. But at present these are not 

 patronized by the fishermen as generally as three or four years ago. 

 There is no drying, pickling, smoking, or canning of fishery products 

 along the Texas coast. 



statement showing the extent of the wholesale trade in fishery products for Texas in 1897. 



Corpus Christi. 



No. 



Value. 



Galveston. 



Port Lavaca. 



No. Value. 



No. Value 



Rockport. 



No. Value. 



Total. 



No. Value. 



Establishments . . 



Cash capital 



Tons of ice used. 

 Employees 



Products handled. 



Blue-fish 



Cat-fish 



Channel hass or 



red-flsh 



Crevalle 



Croakers 



Flounders 



Hog-fish 



Jew-fish 



Porch 



Pike 



Pompano 



Mullet 



Red snapper 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel 



Striped bass 



Trout 



other fi.sh 



Turtles 



Terrapins 



Shrimp 



Oysters 



Total , 



200 

 14 



Pounds. 



6,400 



$12, 100 

 6,000 

 1,600 



120 

 4 



$3, 300 



2.000 



480 



180 

 17 



$10,800 

 13,000 

 1,120 



Value. 



Pounds, 



229, 324 



3, 000 



21, 8.54 



38, 730 



3,000 



13, 182 



ItiU 

 1,270 

 2,297 



180 



4.200 

 9,850 

 4, 250 

 8,000 



242 



583 

 28:i 

 410 



103, 450 

 10, 540 

 2, 000 



296, UOO 

 32, UOO 

 80, 620 



6,454 

 735 

 120 

 16, 695 

 1,920 

 2,816 



464, 791 



204, 15U 

 410, 480 



5,634 



22, 870 



1,467,848 



76, 237 



483, 934 



Value. 



Pounds. 

 7,100 



Value. 



232, 180 



2,000 



21, 650 



24, 120 



4,340 



7,634 



$23, 380 



5,000 

 2,600 



84, 500 

 8, 120 



628 



24, 008 



151,545 



44, eis 



9,000 

 602, 084 



1,206,488 



16, 074 



130 



1,287 



1,405 



312 



200 



7 



$6, 500 

 9,000 

 1,400 



700 

 42 



513 



400 

 152 



Pounds 

 9,000 

 11,000 



228, 642 

 2,800 

 7, 520 



47, 654 

 2, 400 



12, 000 



3,200 



800 



0,720 



22, 150 



Value, Pounds, 

 $560 22, 500 

 715 11, 000 



5,792 

 632 



13, 816 

 146 

 457 



3,071 

 165 

 815 

 187 

 48 

 584 



1,276 



9,023 

 2,685 



360 

 30, 152 



69, 382 



74, 500 



9,000 



2,000 



188, 850 



12, 400 



28, 000 



950 



3, 000 



217, 000 



889, 586 



4,815 



644 



140 



11,698 



6it3 



1,360 

 295 

 140 



9,765 



690, 146 



7,800 



51, 024 



110, 504 



9,740 



12, 000 



15, 034 



10, 650 



15, 970 



32, 750 



464, 791 



262, 450 



27, 660 



4,000 



636, 395 



63, 543 



153, 235 



950 



216, 150 



11,229,564 



$32, 700 

 30, 000 

 4,600 



51,390 4,047,856 



Value. 



$1,411 



715 



43, 072 



436 



3,014 



6,773 



657 



815 



942 



631 



1,267 



1,838 



23, 380 



17,061 



2,011 



260 



37,416 



3,241 



6,861 



295 



6,134 



62, 787 



221,017 



» 175,652 bushels. 



