74 The Commercial Products of the Sea. 



It is difficult to obtain accurate statistics of the fish food 

 which is drawn from the sea ; Ave can only guess at it from 

 such data as have been made accessible. The followinsr 

 statistics show the quantities of salmon (in boxes of 120 lbs. 

 each) received and sold in London from 1850 to 1871 : — 



Years. 



Scotch. 



Irish. 



Dutch. 



Norwegian. 



English 



and 

 Welsh. 



1850 



13.940 



2135 



105 



54 



72 



I55I 



11.593 



414I 



203 



212 



40 



1852 ... 



13,044 



3602 



176 



306 



20 



1853 ... 



19,485 



5052 



401 



1208 



20 



1854 ... 



23,194 



6333 



345 





128 



1855 - 



18,197 



4IOI 



227 





59 



1856 ... 



15,438 



6568 



68 



5 



200 



1857 ... 



18,654 



4904 



622 





220 



1858 ... 



2^,564 



6429 



973 



19 



499 



1859 ••- 



15,630 



4855 



922 





260 



1800 



15,870 



3803 



849 



40 



438 



1865 .. 



19,009 



6858 



1479 



1069 



868 



i86e> ... 



21,725 



9326 



1772 



1632 



1563 



1867 ... 



23,006 



541 1 



1203 



1296 



2405 



1868 ... 



28,020 



3487 



807 



407 



1725 



1869 ... 



20,474 



8800 



637 



696 



1843 



1870 ... 



20,648 



921I 



626 



852 



3120 



1871 ... 



23,390 



7379 



516 



1037 



2953 



The aggregate value of the salmon fisheries in 187 1 was 

 estimated by the Fishery Commissioners as follows : — 

 Scotland, ^200 ,000 \ Ireland, ^400,000 \ Kngland, ^90,000. 



At an average of i^. 2d. per lb., or £'j per box, the 

 value of the 34,457 boxes sold at Billingsgate in 1870 was 

 ^^241, 1 99. Besides these metropolitan sales, 8600 boxes of 

 Irish salmon were sold in the midland districts of England, 

 2880 boxes in Dublin, and 2107 boxes and 31 baskets sent 

 to Liverpool. The sales at Billingsgate in 1871 were 

 35,275 boxes, weighing 1764 tons, valued at ;^246,925. 



The average annual sale of salmon in London may be 

 taken to be i^2 $0,000 in value. 



