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cans, which contain about 5 ounces of solid meats, the 2-pound cans containing 10 
ounces. The price received during the last four or five years for the 1-pound and 
2-pound cans has averaged about 85 cents and $1.60, respectively, per dozen. The 
value of the output of the canning trade during each of the last four seasons has 
been $1,728,985, $1,612,572, $1,856,510, and $1,505,940, an average for each bushel of 
oysters handled of about 69, 86, 77, and 84 cents, respectively. During the summer 
these houses and employes are also engaged in canning fruits and vegetables. 
Through the valuable assistance of many persons connected with the oyster trade 
of Baltimore, I am enabled to exhibit, with much detail, the extent of the trade in that 
city during recent seasons, these data being presented in the following table: 
Statistics of Baltimore oyster trade. 
Items. 
1889-90. 
1890-91. 
1891-92. 
Items. 
1889-90. 
1890-91. 
1891-92. 
No. of establishments : 
Raw trade only 
Raw and steaming 
trade combined . . . 
Steaming trade only . 
Commission sellers . . 
51 
9 
10 
14 
49 
9 
10 
15 
48 
10 
10 
15 
Raw-shucking trade : 
Oysters rec’d, bush. . . 
Expenses : 
Cost of oysters 
Wages paid to 
shuckers 
Wages paid to 
others 
3, 206, 177 
$1, 899, 660 
425, 909 
. 
2, 331, 228 
$1, 806, 129 
302, 164 
2, 736, 342 
$1, 810, 120 
366, 430 
128, 247 
89, 752 
109, 365 
Incidental ex- 
penses 
Property invested, value: 
67, 330 
45, 760 
60, 000 
$734, 600 
$715, 500 
$715, 000 
Raw and steaming 
trade combined . . - 
Steaming trade only. 
Commission sellers. . 
Total 
2, 521, 146 
2, 243, 805 
2, 345, 915 
610, 000 
645, 000 
55, 000 
595. 000 
639. 000 
63, 600 
615. 000 
640. 000 
65, 000 
Products : 
Extra selects— 
83, 361 
$134,062 
48, 475 
$82, 184 
52, 120 
$75, 180 
Total 
2, 044, 600 
2, 013, 100 
2, 035, 000 
Value 
Selects — 
Gallons 
Cash or credit capital : 
589, 724 
$768, 260 
1,947, 636 
$1, 759, 754 
452, 266 
$682, 287 
1, 362, 640 
$1,608, 055 
520, 610 
$724, 050 
1,654, 350 
$1, 682, 770 
$650, 000 
1, 045, 000 
240, 000 
$570, 000 
930, 000 
255, 000 
$620, 000 
1, 170, 000 
260, 000 
Value 
Steaming trade 
Commission sellers.. 
Standards— 
Gallons 
Value 
Total 
1, 935, 000 
1, 755, 000 
2, 050, 000 
Total gallons 
2, 620, 721 
1, 863, 381 
2, 227, 080 
Persons engaged (pro- 
Total value 
$2' 662* 076 
$2! 373j 526 
$2’, 482*, 000 
prietors and clerks) . 
139 
130 
132 
Steaming trade • 
Raw and steaming 
Oysters rec’d, bush. . 
2, 491,088 
1, 860, 792 
2, 396, 763 
Steaming trade only . 
Commission sellers. . 
46 
40 
46 
43 
47 
43 
Expenses : 
Cost of oysters . . 
Wages paid to 
shuckers 
$1, 071, 168 
$1, 023, 436 
$1, 201, 600 
Total 
267 
261 
266 
74, 320 
61, 074 
73, 680 
Shuckers : 
Rtiw trade. .... 
others 
98, 765 
74, 160 
97, 500 
3,284 
4, 256 
3, 014 
3, 194 
4, 203 
Cost of tin cans, 
labels, etc 
Incidental ex- 
penses 
Steaming trade 
3, 763 
319,022 
310, 370 
320, 000 
Totfil 
7,540 
6, 777 
7, 397 
24, 950 
18, 900 
25, 000 
Other employes : 
320 
560 
278 
514 
306 
554 
Total 
1, 588, 225 
1, 487, 940 
1, 717, 780 
Raw trade 
Steaming trade 
Products : 
5-ounce cans, pre- 
pared — 
Total 
880 
792 
860 
9, 569, 160 
$723, 027 
7, 890, 632 
$632, 741 
9 388 650 
Grand total of 
persons 
~ 
Value 
$764! 450 
8,687 
7, 830 
8, 523 
10-ounce cans pre- 
pared - 
Number 
Value 
Trade of commission 
sellers : 
Oysters rec’d from 
transporters, bush. 
Value received by 
transporters 
Value received by 
commission sellers . 
4, 579, 356 
$632, 138 
23, 361, 850 
$373, 820 
3, 995, 521 
$621, 146 
19, 720, 840 
$358, 685 
4, 643, 822 
$725, 515 
22, 635, 000 
$366, 545 
5, 925, 400 
$3, 084, 075 
4, 393, 600 
$2, 967, 051 
5, 354, 320 
$3, 108, 390 
Miscellaneous cans, 
prepared — 
Ounces 
Value 
3, 143, 329 
3, 010, 987 
3, 188, 650 
Total ounces . . 
Total value 
117,001,210 
$1, 728, 985 
99, 129, 210 
$1, 612, 572 
116,016,470 
$1, 856, 510 
