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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
24. — Table showing the extent of the wholesale oyster trade of Florida in 1889 and 1890. 
Designation . 
1889. 1890. 
Number of firms 
8 
17 
$9, 095 
$7, 000 
$3, 980 
82, 025 
$20, 099 
43, 032 
*18, 625 
29, 380 
$27, 588 
$26, 114 
10 
19 
$9, 920 
$8, 000 
$4, 560 
83, 466 
$20, 370 
39, 620 
$10, 025 
33, 650 
$30, 984 
$27, 239 
Value of property 
Oysters handled bushels.. 
Oysters sold in the shell bushels. . 
Value 
Oysters opened and sold gallons.. 
At present the business of canning oysters is confined to Franklin County, which 
had one cannery in 1889 and two canneries in 1890. In the latter year 200,826 bushels 
of oysters were consumed in the preparation of 997,008 one-pound and two-pound cans. 
The cost of the raw products was $38,471, and the market value of the canned goods 
was $86,768. Other features of this industry are brought out in Table 25. 
25. — Table showing the extent of the oyster-canning industry of the west coast of Florida in 1889 and 1890. 
Designation. 
1889. 
1890. 
1 
91 
$7, 150 
$15, 000 
$6, 880 
134, 698 
$22, 450 
609, 432 
52, 872 
$50, 155 
2 
122 
$9, 450 
$20, 000 
$10, 907 
200, 826 
$38, 471 
919, 728 
77, 280 
$86, 768 
Number of persons employed 
Value of property * 
Oysters handled bushels.. 
Value paid 
Oysters canned : 
One-pound cans number.. 
Two-pound cans do 
Value as sold 
The extent of the trade in green turtles is shown in Table 26. The business is 
carried on by five firms, in Monroe, De Soto, and Levy counties, the first and last each 
having two firms, only one of which devotes exclusive attention to the handling of 
turtles. The number of employes shown in the table represents only the persons who 
were connected with the firms having no other fishing business, and should be in- 
creased by five each year to cover those employed in two or more branches. 
26 . — Table showing the extent of the wholesale green-turtle trade of the west coast of Florida in 1889 and 1890. 
Designation. 
1889. 
1890. 
5 
3 
$400 
$3, 750 
$350 
252, 644 
$11, 479 
$21, 886 
$7, 407 
5 
3 
$400 
$3, 600 
$350 
263, 471 
$15, 466 
$22, 735 
$7, 269 
Value of property 
Cash capit al 
Green turtles handled pounds.. 
Value paid 
