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in volume but an increase of 5 percent in value as compared with the 
landings in the preceding year. Decreased landings of cod, cusk, 
flounders, mackerel, pollock, rosefish, and whiting all contributed to 
the reduced receipts in 1939. 
Higher average prices were paid for all varieties except flounders, 
mackerel, and swordfish landed by offshore vessels, and flounders and 
whiting taken by inshore craft. The average price paid for all varie- 
ties was $2.79 per hundredweight, as compared with $2.44 in 1938. 
The average price paid offshore vessels increased to $2.84 from $2.45 
in 1938, while inshore craft received an average of $2.40 as compared 
with $2.36. 
The activities of the Boston office and the issuance of the daily 
reports and monthly summaries were under the supervision of B. E. 
Lindgren, Senior Fisheries Statistical and Marketing Agent, who was 
assisted by J. J. O’Brien, Senior Clerk, and D. L. Knox, Junior Clerk. 
For further statistical data on the landings of fish at Boston as 
well as at Gloucester and New Bedford, Mass., and Portland, Maine, 
see pages 312 to 346 of this report. 
CHICAGO, ILL. 
Outstanding among the newer developments in the Fishery Market 
News Service at Chicago has been the inauguration of a program for 
the wider and more rapid dissemination of market news information 
by radio. Two programs are broadcast daily providing shippers in 
the Great Lakes area with timely information regarding the market 
for fresh-water fish in both Chicago and New York. It is believed 
that this service will become increasingly valuable, permitting pro- 
ducers to gauge more accurately the proper volume of production and 
enabling shippers to determine when and where they should ship. 
The large volume of data collected daily in Chicago constantly is 
being made available to the industry in new and more useful forms. A 
summary of the data in the daily reports for the preceding week is 
released each Monday, providing an opportune review of the market. 
The monthly summary has been expanded to include detailed current 
and comparative figures on market receipts with particular respect to 
the origin and method of transportation. Despite the added infor- 
mation and increased volume, the monthly summaries continue to 
retain their timeliness, each being available to the trade within 10 
days after the close of the month covered. An annual summary also 
is prepared. 
During 1939 the rail arrivals reported by express and freight ter- 
minals to the Chicago Market News office, and the truck receipts 
reported by wholesale dealers, amounted to 48,419,000 pounds. 
About 72 percent, 34,654,000 pounds, was shipped to Chicago from 
domestic sources—31 States and Alaska. The remaining 28 percent, 
which also included ‘‘in-bond” shipments from Alaska, was imported 
from 8 Canadian Provinces. 
Thirty-six percent of the total, 17,315,000 pounds, arrived by rail 
freight, 34 percent by express, and 30 percent by truck. Domestic 
shipments reversed this order—37 percent being shipped by truck, 33 
percent by express, and 30 percent by freight. Shippers of imported 
fishery products, due to the distant production areas, favored rail 
freight transportation; 50 percent being transported in this manner, 
38 percent by express, and only 12 percent by truck. 
