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FISH.
138,162 tons of fish [of which 95,278 were
land-borne and 42,884 water-borne] were received
at Billingsgate Market during the year,
as against 127,291 tons in 1895, 128,361
tons in 1894 and 130,317 tons in 1893. Of
the 138,162 tons delivered at Billingsgate,
1,212 tons, or 0.88 per cent, were condemned
and destroyed by the " Fish Meters " at the
expense of the Fishmongers' Company.
In addition to the above, 951 tons were
received at the Farringdon Fish Market. So
that the total quantity delivered at the City
Markets, exclusive of Leadenhall, was 139,113
tons.
As explained in my Annual Report for 1894,
the co-operation of the Fishmongers' Company
under their Charter (James I., 1604) in
no way diminishes the rights of the Commissioners
of Sewers to deal with unsound fish,
and, as a matter of fact, the Inspectors of
Slaughter-houses and Meat do seize and
destroy any such discovered, either in the
retail shops or fish markets, in cases escaping
the observation of the " Fish Meters."