APPENDIX J: GERMANT 



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The sloops are small sailing boats: most are of 20— 30m^ gross capacity; very few 

 are smaller than 20 m^, about a dozen are larger than 30 m'': 4 had (in 1902) a capacity 

 of 46 to 50 and one even 56-4 m'*. 

 A sloop of 21*8 m'* brutto is of 14"9 m" netto capacity, equal to 5'3 net registered tons 



— - 31-8 m3 — — — — 11-3 — 



. _ . 56-4 m» — — 53-6 m» — — 18-9 — 



3. The unregistered vessels of the German sea and coast fisheries are in part decked, 

 in part half-decked and in part open boats and skiff's; the sailing boats are "Ewer", sloops, 

 cutters etc., the boats are all small. A list of these vessels is given in the German "See- 

 fischerei-Almanach", but details are wanting as to their size. 



e. Average catch per boat, according to quantity and value 



1. Great herring fishery. Up to 1897, this was carried on by sailing vessels only, 

 from 1898 onwards, also by steamers. The following figures show the catches of the sailing 

 vessels and steamers, so far as they can be made out from the available material. 



