FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 



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During 1897 the city of Charleston had $02,750 invested in the whole- 

 sale fish business, the quantity amounting to 2,756,480 i^ounds, having 

 a value of $14:2,537. Of the quantity, 1,172,000 pounds were mullet, 

 derived chietiy from Florida. 



'Table showing the extent of the wholesale fish trade of Charleston, S. C, in 1897. 



Quantity, 

 etc. 



Establishments 



Caslj capital 



Tons of ice consumed . 

 Employees 



Number. 



1,000 

 44 



Products bandied : 



Blue-lisb 



Cattish 



Channel bass. . . 



Drum 



Groupers 



Hickory shad ... 

 Mullet, fresh . . . 

 Mullet, salted .. 



Pompano 



Shad , 



Sea bass 



Sheepshead 



Pounds. 



3,000 



1,600 



Zi, 000 



27, 50O 



32, 000 



9, 100 



1, 172,000 



3,000 



3,500 



94, 000 



412,500 



72, 000 



Value. 



$32, 750 



30, 000 



5, 000 



Items. 



210 



42 



920 



1,100 



1,280 



273 



46, 760 



150 



350 



6,580 



24, 750 



3, 000 



Products handled — cont'd 



Snappers 



Spanish mackerel 



Spots and croakers 



Squetea^ue 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Sun-tish and perch 



Whiting 



Other tish 



Shrimp 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Terrai)in8 



Oysters 



Ciams 



Caviar 



Total 



Quantity, 

 etc. 



Pounds. 



27, 000 

 1,500 



37, 000 



28, 700 

 5,000 



67, 000 



11,500 



308, 000 



44, 000 



13, 600 



95, 500 



1,600 



18, 700 



♦80, 255 



tl60, 800 



3,125 



2, 756, 480 



Value. 



$1, 350 



150 

 1,110 



921 



500 

 2,830 



575 

 15, 400 

 2, 200 



680 

 2,865 



200 

 8,770 

 8,599 

 9,434 



938 



142, 537 



* 11,465 bushels. 120,100 bushels. 



Table shoic'nin the extent of Ihe uiintcr-cannititj hidiatri/ of South Carolina in 1897. 



Kumber of establishments 



Value 



Cash capital 



Employees 



Raw products utilized : 



Oysters bushels.. 



Value 



Clams bushels.. 



Value 



Oysters, 1-pound cans number.. 



Value 



Oysters, 2- pound cans number.. 



Value 



Clams, 1-pound cans number.. 



Value 



3 



$4, 700 



$9, 100 



133 



62, 840 



$6, 284 



1,115 



$259 



372, 264 



$19, 524 



9, 576 



$957 



13, 200 



Two of these canneries are located in Georgetown County and one 

 in Beaufort County; those in the former county are mostly engaged in 

 packing vegetables. Only the property, cash capital, and employees 

 engaged in the oyster business are shown for these canneries 



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