building took its place, from which ten to fifteen million 

 oysters are distributed annually to numerous customers in 

 the United Kingdom and abroad. On the ground floor are 

 the offices and the storehouses, in which latter part are the 

 tanks, where oysters can be placed temporarily if not 

 immediately required for sale. The two tanks measure 

 30 feet by 20 feet, and 40 feet by 20 feet, and contain an 

 average depth of 5 feet of sea water, obtained through a 

 pipe regularly once a day. They hold about four hundred 

 thousand oysters, suspended in bags. 



The Company's Hall. 



On the upper floor is a large hall where the meetings of 

 the Company are held. 



The various measures used at \Vhitstable 

 Measures * or ^ u y m anc ^ selling brood and oysters are 



as follows : 

 A tub contains the same quantity as the old Winchester 



