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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Tlie following estimate of the extent of the retail fish trade was obtained by the 
agent of the office. The source of the retail fish supply is the same as that of the 
wholesale trade. 
40. — Table showing the exten t of the retail fish trade of Savannah, Ga., in 1890. 
Species. 
Pounds. 
Cost 
price. 
Selling- 
price. 
70, 000 
100, 000 
362, 000 
70, 000 
150, 000 
60, 000 
150, 000 
150, 000 
30, 000 
100, 000 
80, 000 
*20, 000 
tl, 600 
$2, 100 
5, 000 
9, 995 
4, 200 
12, 000 
3,000 
9, 000 
6, 000 
1,500 
6, 000 
4, 800 
1,200 
120 
$4, 550 
8,000 
28, 960 
5. 600 
18, 750 
4, 800 
15, 000 
12, 000 
2,400 
8, 000 
6, 400 
1,600 
200 
Whitin g 
Oysters 
Clams 
1, 343, 600 
64, 875 
116, 260 
* 2,000 gallons. t 200 bushels. 
The canning of oysters is a branch of the fishing industry that is carried on in one 
county of this State. In 1889, 268,000 cans were prepared, the market value of which 
was $38,750, and in 1890, 479,720 cans were put up, which sold for $37,561. The quan- 
tity of oysters handled was 50,000 bushels the first year and 89,500 bushels the next 
season ; the price paid was 10 cents a bushel. 
41.— Table showing the extent of the oyster-canning industry of Georgia in 1889 and 1890. 
Items. 
1889. 
1890. 
Number of canneries 
1 
70 
$6, 000 
$3, 000 
50, 000 
$5, 000 
268. 000 
$18, 750 
1 
87 
$7, 000 
$3, 000 
89. 500 
$8, 950 
479, 720 
$37, 561 
Number of persons employed 
Oysters utilized bushels.. 
Cans prepared number.. 
