104 ? HISTORY OF BRITISH CRUSTACEA. 
To give some idea of the number of Lobsters brought 
to London, — that mart for everything edible,— it may be 
mentioned that between May and June, 1855, upwards of 
40,000 Lobsters were sent from the Orkneys alone, one 
dealer having shipped 24,000. Each Lobster averages 
2s. &d. in London; so that to the Orkneys alone £5000 
were derived in these two months from the Lobsters of 
her rocky coasts. 
Dr. Lukis, of Guernsey, kindly informed me by letter, 
that, during the summer season, 3050 Lobsters are exported 
from the Channel Islands to Southampton every week, and 
are collected by local traders from the Islands as follows : 
from Guernsey 1500, from Sark 1000, from Jersey 500, 
and from Alderney 50. They are never sold by weight; 
the trade price is variable according to the season : in the 
summer it is about ten shillings per dozen, by numbers, 
of all sizes ; the best, sorted, at from twelve to fourteen 
shillings per dozen. The numbers consumed in the Islands 
are very considerable, but difficult to ascertain. 
* Witness,, July 4 3 1855. 
