table 71 
Retail 
Fish Prices in a 
Tobata Store, May 1942 
- April 1943 
Fish 
Size of Fish 
Usual Weight 
Price per 100 momme 
(feet) 
(momme) 
-- 
saba 
1 
o 
CO 
1 
o 
IN 
19 
iwashi 
1 
2 
15 
9 
aji 
1 
70-80 
27 
tai 
500 
142 
tuna 
sold in nieces 
105 
buri 
3 
2,000 
34 
sawara 
3 
1,500 
81 
hirasu 
1,200 
34 
akabana 
3 
1,200 
67 
tachi 
2 
150 
19 
fuka 
4 
7,000 - 8,000 
30-40 
neko 
2i 
1,000 
20-30 
Note: Normally the first types would he sold in largest quantities, 
hut as these were only procurable in small amounts, it was necessary 
to fall hack on other varieties some of poorer quality. Fuka and neko, 
poorer fish for which prices were not fixed at this time, constituted 
a major part of the business during the period indicated. 
TABLE 72 
Official Maximum Selling Prices for Ground Dried Fish, 
June 1944 
Type of Fish 
Price for Pro¬ 
ducers 
Prices for Marine 
Industrial Assns. 
Prices foi 
Wholesalers 
Prices for 
Retailers 
(per 10 kan) 
(per 10 kan) 
(per 10 kan) 
(per 10 momme) 
Ground dried 
boni to 
¥ 139.73 
¥ 145.32 
¥ .149.68 
¥ 1.65 
Ground dried 
sardine 
(A grade) 
68.14 
72.22 
75.83 
0.87 
Ground dried 
sardine 
39.23 
42.25 
43.73 
0.52 
Rough ground 
fish powder 
41.60 
44.51 
46.73 
0.54 
Source: I.D.C. Abstract, June 1944. 
1 kan equals 3.75 kilograms. 
1 momme equals 3.75 grammes. 
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16 031 P237 bu 
