156 NORTH SEA FISHERS AND FIGHTERS 



25 tons in the case of the large firms to lesser 

 quantities with smaller but equally well-equipped con- 

 cerns. Every possible appliance has been furnished for 

 the preparation of this description of fish, which is 

 exported to all parts of the world. 



Codling and kindred fish are dried and salted in 

 huge quantities, the fish being split, salted, and dried 

 as soon as it is brought from the fishing-grounds. In 

 connection with cod there is an extensive manufacture 

 of the finest oil from the fresh livers. 



The constant coming and going of such great 

 numbers of steam-trawlers necessitates the provision 

 of very large quantities of coal and ice. More than 

 700,000 tons of coal are needed yearly for these in- 

 cessantly industrious steamboats ; and over 200,000 tons 

 of ice are required. Most of the ice is made in two 

 large local factories, whose modern and perfect plant is 

 capable of producing 600 tons a day. In addition to 

 this artificial ice great quantities of the natural article are 

 imported from Norway. 



Graving-docks, a floating dry-dock which is worked 

 by electricity, sawmills, engineering shops, and miscel- 

 laneous premises for the making of fish-trunks, building 

 boats, and producing immense numbers of blocks and 

 other articles needed by steam-trawlers, are constantly 

 busy. A good deal of employment is found for women 

 and children in connection with the manufacture and 

 repair of nets. Universal providers of trawlers' gear 

 and stores are the Great Grimsby Coal, Salt, and 

 Tanning Company, Ltd., whose net manufactories are 

 the most important in the United Kingdom, and whose 

 concern is the largest of its kind in the world. Ex- 



