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With regard to the Altona market, Auctioneer J. Cohrs has prepared tables giving 

 the monthly returns up to 1899. Since 1900, the annual statistics still contain only the 

 year's returns for the Altona steamers, for the Altona sea- and Elbe-fisheries, and for the 

 fish brought from the interior as well as imported, according to the quantity and total 

 value; along with these data, the average price per pound i. e. per \/2 kg., is also given. 



The tables of the Hamburg auction are not published. There are two auctioneers; the 

 one (Hr. PI atz mann) sells the catches of the Finkenwärder sailing vessels and also (up 

 to 1899) those of some steamers; the other (Hr. Köser) sells the catches of most of the 

 steamers bringing their fish to Hamburg (since 1900). Through the friendly aid of Hr. 

 Liibbert, the fisheries inspector at Hamburg, the Bureau has been able to see copies of 

 the auction- books, for the years 1894 — 1903 for the sales of Hr. Platzmann and for the 

 years 1896—1902 for those of Hr. Köser. 



Both auctioneers, however, sell large quantities of fish which are not brought direct 

 from the sea but from other towns (from German fishing ports and also from foreign). 

 Regard has been taken, in preparing the following summary of the German statistics, only 

 for the fish brought direct from the sea to Hamburg. 



III. General information from the statistics 



a. The quantities taken during the period 1892—1903 



1. The great herring fishery. The available statistics give excellent data concerning the 

 quantities of herring landed in 'tons'. Where the quantities are given in so-called 

 "Kantjes" ('tons' packed at sea), they have been changed to tons of land-packing on the 

 proportion of 17 "Kantjes" = 14 'tons'. As for Holland, the quantities arc calculated in 

 kilograms from the numbers of herring: 8 fresh herring being taken to weigh one kilo- 

 gram. The number of herring in a 'ton' (land-packing) is taken at 865, so that the total 

 number of herring is ascertained from the total number of 'tons'. The first column of Table 

 XXIV gives the product of the so-called great herring fishery, calculated on this method; 

 for the years 1895—99, some small items amongst the 'tons' sold at Altona are salt-herring 

 landed by Altona fishing vessels, and these are included here. 



2. Deep-sea fishery of sailing vessels and steamers. The available statistics arc those 

 of the fresh fish sold at the auctions in Altona, Bremerhaven, Geestcmündo and Hamburg. 

 The quantities of each species are given yearly in pounds = Vs kg. 



Geestemiinde brings all the fish together on one list; the total quantities of each 

 species are given in pounds, except oysters and crabs, which are given in numbers. These 

 latter are, in this summary, changed to kg. on the proportion that 10 oysters or 20 crabs 

 weigh one kg. In the tables for the year 1901, it is stated that an important quantity of 

 fish (4,406,238 kg.) was brought from Iceland. This has been divided between the haddock 

 and cod, on the proportions given for 1902 and 1903. 



For the years 1902 and 1903, the class IV of haddock is placed bore with the whiting. 

 Sturgeon, salmon, sea-trout, shad and smelt are taken togctber. Herring, sprat etc. are 

 taken with "various fishes". In the year 1902, the fish brought from the Atlantic Ocean 

 are also included under "various". 



For Geestemiinde, the available statistics are for the years (1889) 1892—1903. 



Altona gave a special list of the fish lauded there from Altona fishing vessels, for 



