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may also be gathered from the quantities of fish conveyed by the 
different railway companies to London during the year 1862. 
From returns obligingly furnished to me by the different rail- 
way companies, I find that the Great Eastern conveyed 29,680 
tons; the Great Northern 11,930 tons; the London, Brighton, 
and South Coast 5,174 tons; the South Eastern (Dover) 3,218 
tons; and the Great Western 2,885 tons. There was also con- 
veyed over the North Western to its different stations 27,896 
tons, and on the North British line 8,303 tons. Iam not aware 
what the figures are which represent the traffic on the Midland; 
the London and North Western; the London and South Western; 
the London, Chatham, and Dover, and other chief lines in various 
parts of England, but it must be a very large quantity altogether. 
Neither have I been able to ascertain the quantity delivered at 
Billingsgate, from the numerous smacks which from time imme- 
morial have supplied that world famous market; but I should 
imagine that it outstripped the railway supply many times over. 
As an example of the consumption of a single town, I may 
mention that from a return most obligingly supplied to me by 
Mr. Heron, the Town Clerk of Manchester, it appears that the 
average weight per week of fish coming to Manchester market is 
as follows :— 
; Tons. 
Trawl caught fish from Hull, Grimsby, and Searbro’- - - - 100 
' Fish caught by hook and line from the east coast- - - - - 30 
Crabs and Lobsters, ditto aay fh 43 
Herrings, ditto eh stim a) | RMD 
Herrings from the west coast - - - - - = = - = = 20 
Fish caught by trawl ditto- - - - - - - - - + - = 20 
Fish caught by hook ditto- ,-.- - - - - ss "= 5 5 
Shell Fish, including Oysters, Cockles, and Miccaela se i ee CD 
Salmon from Ireland, during June, July, and August- - - - 40 
Being a weekly average of - - - - - - - - = = 8793 

The population of Manchester and Salford at the last census 
was about 460,000; and it would thus seem that the consump- 
tion of fish approximates towards 100 lbs. per head per annum 
for the whole population, including, of course, women and 
children of all ages. 
