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Appendices to Twenty -fourth Annual Report 



APPENDIX VI. 



THE SEALING OF FOREIGN AND HOME SALMON 

 FOR SALE DURING CLOSE SEASON. 



The modern possibility of placing salmon in cold store during the 

 fishing season, and of selling such fish during close time, has opened up 

 the further possibility of evil-disposed persons selling poached fish or 

 fish caught out of season under the guise of fish out of cold stores. To 

 anticipate and prevent any such practice, The Fishmongers' Company of 

 London, at the suggestion of their chief inspector, Mr. Morris, have 

 adopted a system of sealing salmon placed in cold stores. This has now 

 been practised since 1896, with the concurrence of the fish trade, and 

 during recent years has become very generally adopted. 



Through the kindness of Mr. J. Wrench Towse, clerk to the Fish- 

 mongers' Company, I am enabled to give particulars of the number of 

 salmon sealed during the three last winters. W.L.O. 



Number of Salmon Sealed by The Fishmongers' Company 

 of London, Close Seasons 1903-1906 inclusive. 





1903-1904. 



1904-1905. 



1905-1906. 



Aberdeen, Scottish, . 



2,875 



979 



1,966 



Danish, . 





45 





Dundee, Scottish, 





31 



34 



Edinburgh, Scottish, 



60 



30 



60 



Canadian, 



14 



13 





Leith, Scottish, 





3 



6 



Glasgow, Scottish, 



234 



234 



272 



Canadian, . 



1,664 



57 



38 



Perth, Scottish, 



1,721 







London, Scottish, 



442 



35 



739 



Irish, .... 



180 



147 





Canadian, . 



7,386 



587 



1,364 



British Columbian, 





2,665 



9,547 



Liverpool, Scottish, . 



50 





100 



Irish, 



50 



50 





Canadian, 



4,715 



6,144 



4,839 



British Columbian, . 





244 





Hull, Scottish, .... 



35 



6 





Irish, .... 



35 







Norwegian, 



25 



163 



i'6 



English, .... 







13 



Nottingham, Scottish, 



157 



158 



35 



Canadian, 







23 



Leicester, Scottish, . 



49 



38 



84 



Eastbourne, Scottish, 





13 



21 



Southampton, Scottish, 







119 



Birmingham, Scottish, 







1 



English, 







1 



Chesterfield, Scottish, 



40 







Cheltenham, Scottish, 





ib 







19,732 



11,652 



19,272 



Grand total, 50,656. Total for Canadian and British Columbian 

 Fish, 39,300. 



