REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Table 68. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen fish during 1918, and increase or 

 decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 

 on fifteenth 

 of month . 



Relative 

 percent- 

 age. 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January... 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Pounds. 



49,562,S4S 

 33.907,071 

 '28,457,301 

 26,548,472 

 31,403,425 

 50,298,027 

 64,859,532 

 82,773.229 

 89,557,970 

 94,411,748 

 99,631,789 

 96,600,247 



Per cent. 



- 49.7 



36.0 



28.6 



26.6 , 



31.5 ' 



50.3 



65.1 



. 83.1 



89.9 



94.8 



100.0 



97.0 



Pounds. 



-13,655,777 



- 7,449,770 



- 1,908,829 

 + 4,854,953. 

 + 18,894,602 

 + 14, .561, 505 

 + 17,913,697 

 + 6,784,741, 

 + 4,853,778 

 +■ 5,220,041 



- 3,031,542 

 - 14,646.383 



Per cent. 

 -27.6 



-.20.7 



- 6.'7 

 + 18.3 

 + 60.2 



. +29.0 

 + 27.6 



- + 8.2 



+ 5:4 



,...+ 5;5 



- 3.'d 



.' -13.2 



Table 69. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen fish during 1918 compared with 



those of 1917. 



Month. 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Holdings 



reported 



on fifteenth 



of month. 



Comparison with 1917. 



Storages 



reporting 



for both 



dates. 



1918. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



January... 

 February.. 



Meu-ch 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December . 



Number. 

 177 

 189 

 187 

 188 

 166 

 171 

 176 

 180 

 175 

 185 

 192 

 191 



Pounds. 



49,562,848 

 35,907,071 

 28,457,301 

 26,548,472 

 31,403,425 

 60,298,027 

 64,859,532 

 82,773,229 

 89,557,970 

 94,411,748 

 99,631,789 

 96,600,247 



Number. 

 144 

 156 

 157 

 163 

 142 

 144 

 149 

 154 

 146 

 169 

 185 

 186 



Pounds. 

 32,234,530 

 14,727,099 

 13,374,429 



9,516,217 

 14,040,294 

 27,791,047 

 38,431,221 

 44,024,666 

 47,197,660 

 60,676,722 

 70,938,957 

 69,986,671 



Pounds. 



36,848,447 

 19,948,869 

 19,869,069 

 19,054,027 

 24,238,138 

 41,167,057 

 52,905,689 

 65,504,384 

 68,497,513 

 86,016,054 

 97,310,173 

 96,699,190 



Per cent. 

 + 14.3 

 + 35.5 

 + 48.6 

 + 100.2 

 + 72.6 

 + 48.1 

 + ■37.7 

 + 48.8 

 + 45.1 

 + 41.8 

 + 37.2 

 + 38.2 



