104 HISTORY OF BRITISH CRUSTACEA. 



To give some idea of the number of Lobsters brought 

 to London, — that mart for everything edible, — it may be 

 mentioned that between May and June, 1855, upwards of 

 40,000 Lobsters were sent from the Orkneys alone, one 

 dealer having shipped 24,000. Each Lobster averages 

 2$. 6d. in London; so that to the Orkneys alone £5000 

 were derived, in these two months from the Lobsters of 

 her rocky coasts. 



Br. Lukis, of Guernsey, kindly informed me by letter, 

 that, during the summer season, 3050 Lobsters are exported 

 from the Channel Islands to Southampton every week, and 

 are collected by local traders from the Islands as follows : 

 from Guernsey 1500, from Sark 1000, from Jersey 500, 

 and from Alderney 50. They are never sold by weight; 

 the trade price is variable according to the season : in the 

 summer it is about ten shillings per dozen, by numbers, 

 of all sizes ; the best, sorted, at from twelve to fourteen 

 shillings per dozen. The numbers consumed in the Islands 

 are very considerable, but difficult to ascertain. 



* Witness^ July 4, 1855, 



