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APPENDIX TO KEPOET ON OYSTER CULTURE, &C. 



Whitstable Oyster Company — continued. 









Quantity 





















Quantity 

 of 



Quantity 



of 



Oysters 



from 



Scotland. 



of 

 Oysters 

 from 







Value of Natives 

 and Commons 

 sold in London 



Value of Natives 



Price paid for Laboui 





Total Expenses 

 for each year, 



Tear. 



Oysters 



Fal- 



Total Cost of 





from August each 





from August 



obtained 



from 

 Ireland. 



mouth, 



Jersey, 



Channel, 



and 



the same 





Markets from 

 August to May 

 in each year. 



Foreign Markets. 



year to May in the next 

 year. 



in each year to 

 May in the 

 next year. 









H amble. 





















Barrels. 



Barrels. 



Tubs. 



£ s. 



d. 



£ s. d. 



£ s. d. 





£ s. 



d. 



£ S. d. 



1852, 



None. 



None. 



11,645| 











1852-3, 



16,793 9 



9 



48,484 11 1 



1853, 



Do. 



Do. 



9,809 



2,254 9 



8 



47,413 !9 1 



2,258 14 11 



1853-4, 



17,822 5 



2 



45,427 1 5i 



1854, 



Do. 



Do. 



- 



2,115 7 



7 



31,700 16 8 



- 



1854-5, 



14,154 15 







45,994 1 11 



1855, 



Do. 



Do. 



- 



- 





31,449 12 10 



— 



1855-6, 



14,166 11 



6 



36,715 9 3£ 



1856, 



Do. 



Do. 





- 





28,995 19 7 



- 



1856-7, 



14,131 8 



8 



42,335 13 4 



3857, 



Do. 



DO. 



- 



2,261 19 10± 



30,986 7 7 



- 



1857-8, 



19,415 6 



11 



58,887 2 llj 



1858, 



Do. 



Do. 



- 



3,803 8 10i 



11,484 6 10§ 



985 10 



1858-9, 



20,445 13 



94 



65,948 10 9| 



1859, 



Do. 



Do. 



- 



3,543 17 



4 



51,588 2 ?i 



6,385 3 3 



1859-60, 



20,531 18 



6 



64,286 12 7| 



1860, 



Do. 



Do. 



- 



1,586 11 



-2 



45,173 6 8} 



4,441 15 



1860-1, 



16,713 4 



4 



45,745 1 6 



1861, 



Do. 



Do. 



- 



2,135 3 



11 



22,117 1 10 



11,429 3 6 



1861-2, 



27,641 18 



9 



74,354 18 1 



1862, 



Do. 



Do. 



- 



5,473 6 



7 



68,911 12 7i 



15,216 



1862-3, 



43,731 14 



4 



97,794 2 1 



1863, 



Do. 



Do. 



- 



9,442 10 



8 



74,778 19 3i 



25,556 19 10 



1863-4, 



46,609 10 



8* 



79,860 7£ 



1864, 



2,654 



2,858 



1,183 



4,917 7 



8* 



56,217 3 5 



19,660 2 











1865, 



1,933 



1,009 



~ 



1,422 12 



° 



Returns for thi 



5 year not yet sent in. 









The above Returns show : — 



1 . The amount received by the Company for natives and 



commons included. 



2. An account of the natives sold in the foreign markets. 



The amount paid for labour on the ground. 



The total expenses of the Company during each year. 



A tub of oysters is about 26 gals. A barrel do. ii» about 28 do. 



Prices of Native Oysters (Whitstable) from the year 1825 to 1870. 









Average price 









Average price 



per Bushel for 



per Bushel for 



the year. 



the year. 



£ s. d. 



£ S. d. 



From August, 1825, to May, 1826, .0190 



1846-7, . . .270 



1826-7, . . . .10 



1847-8, 







.210 



1827-8, 







.18 



1848-9, 







.210 



1828-9, 







. 1 16 



1849-50, 







.200 



1829-30, 







. 1 13 



1850-1, 







. 1 11 



1830-1, 







. 1 10 



1851-2, • 





. 1 16 



1831-2, 







. 1 11 



1852-3, 





.220 



1832-3, 







. 1 10 



1853-4, 





.270 



1833-4, 







. 1 16 



1854-5, 







.290 



1834-5, 







. 1 19 



1855-6, 







.210 



1835-6, 







. 1 12 



1856-7, 







. 1 18 



1836-7, 







. 1 13 



1857-8, 







.220 



1837-8, 







. 1 12 



1858-9, 







.220 



1838-9, 







. 1 12 



1859-60, 







2 2 



1839-40, 







. 1 17 



1860-1, 







.220 



1840-1, 







.220 



1861-2, 







.220 



1841-2, 







.200 



1862-3, 







.280 



1842-3, 







. 2 10 



1863-4, 







.380 



1843-4, 







. 2 18 



18 64-5, Prices varied from 80s. to 90s. 4 10 



1844-5, 







.300 



1869-70, . . . . 10 2 



1845-6, 







. 2 18 











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 For Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 



