APPENDIX J: BELGIUM _ 90 — 



Table ITIII. Value of the Ash sold at the Ostende market (N.B. One franc = 10 d., 25 francs = 1 £) 



official statistics and gives the number of the boats and the average size (tonnage) for 

 each of the 8 Belgian harbours or fishing-places. Those from Anvers were rather large; 

 its last ship called "La Maria" has been sold in 1897. 



Ostende has steamtrawlers and sloops. The steamtrawlers are of the ordinary 

 pattern; the newer ones are larger than the older ones. The newest of all, "Roi des 

 Belges", is one built in 1903 at Hoboken; its length is 38, its breadth 6-7, its depth 3-65 ra. 

 It measures 232 tons, has an engine of 500 horses and a speed of IOV2 — 11 miles. The 

 other steamtrawlers measure from 150 — 180 m'* and have a length of 32 — 34 m. 



The sloops of Ostende are keeled ships, they have a deck and a capacity of 36—42 

 tons : they are the largest of the Belgian sailing boats. The boats of the other places are 

 much smaller and halfdecked only as a rule. Those of Blankenberghe, so-called "Butten", 

 are old-fashioned sloops, the fore part of which only is decked and with a rather flat 

 bottom, permitting the ship to strand at leisure. 



The larger sloops of the other places are so-called "dandy-cutters", they are half- 

 decked and keeled ships (Table LIX, p. 91). 



d. Average catch and income pro boat 



The average catch of salted cod in kg. has been calculated pro boat and is given iu 

 Table LV (p. 87). For the other fisheries no catches are given. 



The average income pro boat has been calculated for the small-herringfishery (Table LVI, 

 p. 88) and for the fresh fish industry (Table LVI a and b, p. 88). 



