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greatest increase, 5,594 ewts. and £566, having been in halibut, but 
these apparently were largely caught in distant waters, such as off 
the coast of Norway, Iceland, Farde, and elsewhere, so that they 
confuse the returns from British waters. An increase also exists in 
soles (lemon-dabs?) of 50 cwts. and £120. A slight decrease, again, 
occurs in flounders, plaice, and brill. The trawlers landed of flat- 
fishes 71,024 cwts.=£89,781, a decrease of 604 cwts. and £7,248 on 
last year, this decrease being largely due to the deficiency of lemon- 
dabs, viz. 6,133 cwts. and £8,448, and a deficiency in turbot of 94 
ewts. and £762, while an increase occurred in halibut and a larger 
increase in flounders, plaice, and brill, 5,197 cwts. and £1,597. 
This year skate form a separate return, which shows that the liners 
produced 52,626 ewts. and £10,725, or 4,862 cwts. more than in 1892, 
yet with only a trifling excess of income over that year, viz. £9 10s.— 
a result probably due to diminished prices. The trawlers landed 
5,383 cwts.= £1,015, or 637 cwts. and £253 less than in 1892. Of 
“ other kinds of fishes” the net fishermen brought 3,517 ewts.= 
£891, or 102 cwts. and £731 more than in 1892, while the liners 
landed 46,461 cwts.=£10,726, or 11,347 cwts. and £3,160 less than in 
1892. The trawlers again caught 39,418 cwts.=£9,215, or 1,838 
ewts. and £195 less than in 1892. 
The price of the round fishes in 1893 is respectively for the liner 
8s. 23d. per cwt., and the trawler 11s. 6d., or a balance of 3s. 33d. 
in favour of the latter, and therefore a higher proportion than in 
1892. Inregard to flat-fishes the inclusion of skate makes a con- 
siderable difference ; thus the average price for flat-fishes, inclusive 
of skate, is for the liner 9s. 10d., for the trawler 23s. 9d. per cwt., 
whereas, when the skate are excluded, it is for the liner 15s. 2d., 
for the trawler 25s. 3d. In the former case the trawler receives 
no less than 4s. Id., more than double the amount obtained by 
the liner; in the latter case the trawler receives 10s. ld. 
per cwt. more than the liner. The disproportion in any case 
is marked. In connection with prices, however, it has to be 
borne in mind that in many cases the lner is compelled to sell his 
fishes in remote districts or unfavourable markets, whereas the 
trawler takes care to put his fishes into the best market, and in 
quantity, 
Again, the grand total of all kinds of fishes landed in 1892 was 
5,436,188 cwts. If herrings, sprats, sparlings, and mackerel (viz. 
3,664,771) are deducted, 1,771,367 cwts. are left, of which 1,391,262 
cwts. were caught by liners, and 380,105 cwts. by trawlers, or, in 
other words, the liners caught more than three times the quantity 
of fishes landed by the trawlers. In 1893 the grand total of all kinds 
of fishes notably exceeds that of 1892, and is no less than 
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