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It need hardly be said, that it has been impossible to f^ive , with the statistical 

 material at hand, really trustworthy summaries either for the value, or for the quantities 

 of fish caught by Dutch seafishermen. Though the data are more reliable for some fishes 

 than for others — the merit of relative exactness is the only one they claim. 



Here follows a table of the value of some of the fishes, calculated for the same unity: 

 the kilogram. For the herring and cod the value is given pro ton also. In both cases, 

 the price is that of the fish only: without that of the barrel and the salt. 



Table XMII. Value pro ton and kllograiu of diBerent fishes 



N.B. 1 Dutch guilder = 1 Sh. 8 d. 



For four trawl-fishes, viz. Haddock, Plaice, Sole and Dab, the value has been 

 calculated pro kilogram for the harbours of Holder and Ymuiden. The figures for Holder 

 are about equally reliable for all the years 1892—1903. Those for Ymuiden are trustworthy 

 to begin with 1896. For the years 1892—95, the „Verslag" gives figures of the quantities 

 of these fishes as landed and sold in Ymuiden, which (for the dab and sole especially) are 

 probably a good deal too high — the prices pro kg. calculated with these quantities are 

 much too low in consequence. 



2. Quantity of fish over a period of years 



General remark. Part of the fish landed by Dutch fishermen is landed in salted 

 condition in barrels (herring, cod etc.); another part is sold in fresh condition in baskets 

 of 25 kg. (plaice, dab etc. in Ymuiden) or in quantities of 50 kg. so-called "wichtjes" 

 (plaice and dab in Helder); a third part is landed in fresh condition not packed in bo.ïes 

 but sold as so many individuals (cod, haddock, soles, turbot etc.) To be able to count 

 the quantities together and to compare them with one another and with those of other 

 years and other countries, it has been necessary to reduce them to a general item, for 

 which the kilogram has been chosen. 



a. Herringfishery. To calculate the weight of the cure-herrings, the product of 

 the Dutch herringfishery, the figures in the "Verslag" for the total number of herrings 

 caught each year have been made use of. Weighing of herring-barrels and diminishing 



