NO. 3 (1917^ 



TUTICORIN FISHING INDUSTRY 



85 



Wholesale rates.- O-wmg to the fact that no fish is sold either 

 wholesale or retail by weight or by measure, and that all is sold 

 singly or by the heap according to the judgment of the eye, a fair 

 average valuation by weight has been difficult to fix, especially as 

 there are marked fluctuations according to demand and variations 

 in supply. The list given below is, I believe, a fairly accurate 

 approximation to the mean price for each kind of fish quoted; it 

 enables us also to judge of the relative value put upon the different 

 species locally. The forty-one rates quoted are all per pound 

 avoirdupois, and the qualities are tabulated according to price, 

 beginning with the most expensive. 



Average wholesale prices ruling at Tuticorin for forty-one 

 species of fishes. Rates quoted are per pound avoirdupois : — 



