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Show 1'ny r hiM.NiM (Jn!iirra. Tho nnmUr of iwnons engaged In tho bnslnens&f gtlierinvr sponge In tho Hv bhiuoa, lundllng tlwm uVd jretwriiu them In VMriotu stages for market l from n.uOO to 0,009, All of whom, except tho shipowners, brokers and tdtlppert, ttio coloretl MMple. Hand employed in clipping, w ashing, iKieklnfjund preparing finally for sliipueut abroad gt from fltty tints tonowLt) fio ctuts ierday of tun btiurs. The amount oarned by thg uiiu who go fishing fur spougtMcanuot be given, n their py depend tntlrvly on tho immlMjr of spongo obtained. Tbo 0 wner of t he veseel Jit In r ou t nt Us ow u ex;Hne, an I tho prollu of Ibo vo ago lire dl i led upluabaro amoug the ow nor, tbo master and the men. Tiny are neur hired by the mouth, nor do they ecr get specified wacs. The mon that can lo enld U that the men inako 11 tolerable living, mid Die tpongo fUherman who earn oer fMOO n ) cut is the exception The ow uera of Uiq Mtuls, usk rulo, have tlulr own ahlps, from which thoveucls ant titled out, and on supplies thus fumlihvd tho owner make a I roflt In addition to others. Tho hIpowuers, gent'rally inltlng, find con slderuble pre lit In tho bunincM, w hilo Mx lUliLrmeu, If not able to lay up any mouey from the pJmtiit, aro )et enabled to rely upou It fur a modersto llvin0. tkliUce, |