S24i ANIMAL FOOD EESOURCES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. 



In the district of the Tyne the take of salmon has 

 been as follows : — 



About 250,000 salmon, weighing in all 1,418,000 

 lbs., were taken in England and Wales in 1883, against 

 1,000,000 lbs. weight caught in 1882. These figures do 

 not, however, represent the aggregate catch in the whole 

 of the salmon rivers. 



The quantity of salmon from the Irish fisheries sent 

 off in 1870 was as follows, to — 



Nottingham ... 



Wolverhampton 



Bradford 



Sheffield 



Leeds ... 



Birmingham 



Manchester 



Liverpool 



London 



Boxes. Value. 



250 £1,750 



300 2.100 



800 5.600 



800 5,600 



1,000 7,000 



2,000 14 000 



3,500 24 500 



2,138 14.966 



9,211 73,688 



149,204 



19,899 



Each box then weighed on the average 120 lbs, and was priced at 

 Is. 2d. per lb. 



The salmon sent to England from Ireland in 1878 

 was 44<,637i boxes, computed at Is. 3d. per lb., value 

 delivered £418,476. The pi'oportion was, to London 

 4,378 boxes, to Nottingham 2,793, Bradford 3,679, Maur 

 Chester 6,555, Sheffield 4,641, Wolverhampton 3,110, 

 Leeds 4,000^, Liverpool 8,761 boxes, Birmingham 6,720- 

 In 1877 the total quantity sent from Irelai^d was rather 

 larger, namely, 47,934 boxes. 



Besides the above shipments, 2,880 boxes were sold in 



