General Introduction. 



19 



J877. 



lbs. 



8cx),234 



290.454 



39,060 



286 



28,738 



154,674 



S-I28 



1,157.434 



328,008 



190,284 



22,562 



3,016,862 

 —valued at 1,500,000 francs. 



There was also sold of sea-fish at the central markets, 

 31,489,202 lbs., valued at 13,191,845 francs, together a 

 total of over ;£'634,ooo sterling. 



The consumption of other fish was stated in 1854 to 

 have been of — 



Preserved fish. 

 Sardines ... 

 Tunny 

 Anchovies ... 



Salted fish. 

 Codfish in casks 



,, dried 

 Salted herrings 

 Smoked „ 

 Mackerel ... 

 Salmon ... 



lbs. 

 , 510,000 

 22,000 

 90,000 



622,000 

 lbs. 



2,156,000 



4,000 



176,000 



300,000 



366,600 



1,440 



3,004,040 



The sale of these has, however, more than doubled in the 

 last quarter of a century. 



It is not possible to form an accurate estimate of the 

 extent or value of the fisheries and the products of the 

 fisheries in various countries. But as regards our own 



