FOOD PRODUCTS OF THE SEA — FISHES. 



323 



120 lbs. were sold in Billingsgate Market. In 1870 

 and 1881 the supplies were drawn from the following 

 sources: — 



Scotch 



Irish 



Dutch ... 

 Norwegian 

 English and Welsh 



1870. 1881. 



20,648 23,905 



9,211 10,633 



626 638 



852 573 



3,120 3,709 



34,457 



39,458 



In 1871 35,275 boxes, weighing 1,7 64 tons, were dis- 

 posed of at Billingsgate, and besides this some 14,000 

 boxes were sold in the Midland towns and other 

 places. 



In 1879 24,422 boxes of salmon were received at 

 Billingsgate, in 1880 31,471 boxes. 



Akbivals op Salmon in London. 

 In Boxes, averaging 2 owt. 



The average annual value of the salmon caught in the 

 Severn in the last ten years was over £12,000 ; 19,500 

 fish were taken in 1881, 15,500 in 1882, and 30,000 in 

 1883, weighing 174 tons. 



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