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supervision of the official auctioneer, the fish being sold 

 in the order of arrival as posted on the notice-board. 

 With the exception of herring, which are sold by the 

 box, all fish arrive in the market ready weighed. At 

 Cuxhaven fish are sold by auction in quantities not less 

 than 50 kilos (i cwt, approximate). Herring are sold 

 either by weight or by the basket, cask, or tun. 



In France all sales by auction take place under the 

 supervision and according to the bye-laws of the muni- 

 cipalities. The fish market at Boulogne comprises a 

 wholesale market for the sale of fresh fish, excepting 

 herring ; a market hall for wholesale dealings in herring, 

 fresh or salt ; and a retail market for all kinds of fish. 

 The market of La Rochelle is in two parts : there is 

 the Carmes market for the sale of the best-known 

 species, and the Chaine market for the sale of inferior 

 species and shell-fish. The Carmes market is divided 

 into the Grand Encan and the Petit Encan the large and 

 small auctions. In the Grand Encan the fishermen can 

 have the use of 16 slabs or tables at the rate of one 

 slab for 16 fish. The soles, according to their size, are 

 sold in lots of 20, 12, or 9 pairs, hake in lots of 8 fish, 

 rays in lots of 8 to 20 fish, tunny in lots of 6 to 12 fish. 

 The auctioneers settle the price to be set upon the fish 

 exposed with the sellers ; but in case of disagreement 

 they must give way to the sellers. Immediately after the 

 auction the seller gives the list of his sales to the collector 

 of the market, who immediately pays him the whole 

 amount. Article 8 of the regulations stipulates that 

 " all fish and all crustaceans or shell-fish introduced into 

 the market or its dependencies may be removed only after 

 having been sold by auction at the hands of the agents 

 of the administration. This rule admits of no exception. 

 Fish once displayed cannot upon any pretext be 

 withdrawn or replaced before the sale." 



