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  EEPORt 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
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  into 
  merchan 
  table 
  flsb 
  (morue 
  marchande) 
  ; 
  second 
  quality 
  (morue 
  inferi 
  

   eure); 
  and 
  refuse 
  (morue 
  refusee). 
  Among 
  the 
  last 
  are 
  placed 
  all 
  dam- 
  

   aged 
  fish 
  (sunburned, 
  salt-burned, 
  injured 
  by 
  rain, 
  &c). 
  

  

  Newfoundland. 
  — 
  Tbe 
  fisb 
  are 
  assorted 
  here 
  into 
  three 
  kinds 
  : 
  Mer- 
  

   chantable, 
  which 
  must 
  measure 
  at 
  least 
  about 
  22 
  English 
  inches 
  [50 
  cen- 
  

   timeters] 
  from 
  the 
  nape 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  dorsal 
  vertebra 
  ; 
  Madeira 
  ; 
  and 
  West 
  

   I 
  ndies. 
  The 
  assorting 
  is 
  done 
  by 
  private 
  sorters 
  at 
  the 
  fixed 
  charge 
  (one 
  

   penny) 
  per 
  quintal. 
  

  

  Iceland. 
  — 
  Here 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  assorted, 
  upon 
  their 
  receipt 
  from 
  the 
  

   fishermen, 
  into 
  two 
  kinds, 
  according 
  to 
  size, 
  those 
  which 
  are 
  over 
  and 
  

   those 
  which 
  are 
  under 
  18 
  inches; 
  also, 
  according 
  to 
  quality, 
  into 
  first 
  aud 
  

   second. 
  At 
  the 
  exportation 
  to 
  Spain* 
  the 
  authorities 
  appoint 
  two 
  sort- 
  

   ers, 
  who 
  see 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  good, 
  well 
  dried, 
  and 
  well 
  handled 
  articles 
  

   of 
  the 
  year's 
  production, 
  free 
  from 
  wet 
  and 
  spoiled 
  fish, 
  and 
  not 
  mixed 
  

   with 
  haddock, 
  ling, 
  pollock, 
  and 
  small 
  fish. 
  An 
  affidavit 
  to 
  that 
  effect 
  

   is 
  signed 
  upon 
  the 
  bill 
  of 
  lading, 
  which 
  besides 
  is 
  certified 
  to 
  by 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   trict 
  judge 
  or 
  the 
  town 
  judge. 
  In 
  exporting 
  to 
  England 
  and 
  Denmark 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  assorting 
  by 
  public 
  sorters, 
  but 
  the 
  small 
  fish 
  and 
  the 
  sec- 
  

   onds 
  are 
  shipped 
  separately 
  from 
  the 
  remaining 
  fish. 
  

  

  Scotland. 
  — 
  Here 
  klip-fish 
  are 
  treated 
  just 
  like 
  herring 
  by 
  the 
  mer- 
  

   chants. 
  In 
  purchasing 
  green 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  fishermen 
  they 
  distinguish 
  

   between 
  fish 
  over 
  14 
  inches 
  and 
  those 
  under 
  14. 
  Only 
  perfect 
  fish, 
  aud 
  

   fish 
  over 
  14 
  inches, 
  are 
  exported 
  ; 
  the 
  remainder 
  go 
  to 
  Ireland 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  

   inland 
  markets. 
  Fish 
  intended 
  for 
  the 
  colonies 
  are 
  dried 
  more 
  thor 
  

   oughly 
  than 
  those 
  for 
  other 
  markets. 
  

  

  France.! 
  — 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  at 
  present 
  shipped 
  from 
  here 
  to 
  Spain 
  

   are 
  caught 
  south 
  of 
  Iceland. 
  Tuey 
  are 
  assorted 
  for 
  exportation 
  into 
  two 
  

   kinds 
  according 
  to 
  quality 
  and 
  into 
  two 
  kinds 
  according 
  to 
  size. 
  A 
  

   fish 
  weighing 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  2£ 
  kilograms 
  is 
  considered 
  large 
  ; 
  fish 
  from 
  A 
  to 
  

   14 
  kilograms 
  are 
  medium 
  or 
  small. 
  

  

  Barcelona. 
  — 
  Here 
  fish 
  are 
  separated, 
  as 
  well 
  upon 
  the 
  receipt 
  from 
  

   the 
  fishermen 
  as 
  in 
  retailing, 
  into 
  three 
  kinds: 
  first 
  kind, 
  superior 
  me- 
  

   dado 
  (superior 
  unassorted); 
  second 
  kind, 
  buen 
  mcclado 
  (good 
  unas- 
  

   sorted) 
  ; 
  and 
  inferior 
  fish. 
  As 
  inferior 
  fish 
  they 
  classify 
  brownish 
  and 
  

   somewhat 
  middet 
  fish. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  middet 
  or 
  dark, 
  it 
  is 
  classed 
  as 
  ref- 
  

   use 
  fish. 
  

  

  * 
  From 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  east 
  coast 
  klip-fish 
  has 
  not 
  hitherto 
  been 
  exported 
  direetly 
  to 
  

   Spain. 
  

  

  t 
  The 
  French 
  sea 
  fishery 
  is 
  aided 
  by 
  the 
  Government 
  witb 
  (ho 
  following 
  premiums: 
  

   Every 
  registered 
  man, 
  an 
  owner, 
  whoso 
  vessel 
  goes 
  to 
  Iceland 
  or 
  to 
  Newfoundland 
  

   and 
  dries 
  fish 
  there, 
  obtains 
  50 
  francs 
  [36 
  crowns]; 
  if, 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  

   dried 
  in 
  France, 
  lie 
  obtains 
  30 
  francs 
  [21.57 
  crowns]. 
  Dogger 
  Bank 
  fishermen 
  obtain 
  

   half 
  as 
  much. 
  

  

  Also, 
  iu 
  the 
  exportation 
  of 
  klip-fish, 
  be 
  obtains 
  when 
  exported 
  : 
  To 
  foreign 
  transat- 
  

   lantic 
  countries, 
  20 
  francs 
  per 
  metrical 
  quintal 
  [100 
  kilograms] 
  ; 
  to 
  French 
  colonies 
  or 
  

   European 
  countries, 
  10 
  francs 
  ; 
  to 
  Algiers 
  and 
  Sardinia, 
  12 
  francs 
  ; 
  then 
  for 
  every 
  met- 
  

   rical 
  quintal 
  of 
  roe 
  imported, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  a 
  particular 
  kind 
  of 
  fish, 
  there 
  is 
  

   obtained 
  20 
  francs. 
  

  

  