IAQ TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
the price paid by the consumer is taken as the basis of 
calculation. Probably 2/- per cwt. represents the average 
value to the fisherman; this may possibly be too low, since 
a certain proportion of the cockles landed are hawked in the 
neighbourhood of the beds by the fishermen themselves. 
On the other hand, supposing the greater portion to be 
sent directly by rail to the markets, and adding the cost of 
freight and intermediate profits, 6/- per cwt. will represent 
fairly the price paid by the consumer. 
TABLE ITV.—MongEY VALUE of the COCKLE BEDS in the 
whole District during the year June, 1898—May, 1899. 
Weight of Cockles| Money value at | Money value at 
im TONS. £2 per TON. £6 per TON. 
Northern Division... 3240 £6480 £19440 
Central Division ... 2556 5112 15336 
Southern Division... 889 1778 5334 
The whole District ... 6685 £13370 £40110 
The striking variation in the monthly yield of the beds 
will be noticed. In the table relating tc the Central 
Division the maximum amount is taken in October, and 
the monthly yield then decreases until. in the June follow- 
ing, only 2 per cent. of the amount taken in the previous 
October is landed. This variation in the fishing seems to 
be general in all parts of the district, and is apparently due 
to the difficulties encountered in sending the cockles to 
the markets, and in keeping them in the retail shops in a 
fresh condition during the relatively hot weather of June, 
July, and August. Other causes operate; in some parts 
of the district the cocklers leave the fishing for employ- 
ment in the harvests, or in working pleasure boats at tourist 
resorts. 
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