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MONTHLY FISH RETURNS, 1901.
Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or
near Billingsgate Market, during each month of the year 1901.
Month.
Weight of Fish Delivered.*
Total.
Weight of Fish Condemned.
Ratio of Fish Condemned to
that Delivered.
By Land.
By Water.
January
Tons.
12,189
Tons.
2,340
Tons.
14,529
Tons.
10
cwt.
18
qrs.
3
1 in 1,328 tons, or '075 per cent.
February
13,926
2,731
16,657
10
1
3
1 „ 1,651
,,
.061 „
March
15,960
3,004
18,964
24
19
0
1 „ 760
„
.131 „
April
12,129
3,184
15,313
137
7
1
1 „ 111
„
.897 „
May
14,671
4,016
18,687
86
15
3
1 „ 215
„
.465 „
June
18,005
3,193
16,198
65
11
1
1 „ 247
„
.405 „
July
12,252
4,096
16,348
197
9
0
1 „ 83
„
1.208 „
August
-14,307
3,674
17,981
117
18
0
1 „ 152
„
.656 „
September
13,083
3,903
16,986
88
19
2
1 „ 191
„
.524 „
October
12,918
3,918
16,836
93
15
3
1 „ 179
„
.557 „
November
11,853
2,814
14,667
32
4
1
1 „ 455
„
.220 „
December
10,779
2,245
13,024
22
16
0
1 „ 572
„
.175 „
Total
157,072
39,118
196,190
'
888
16
1
1 in 220 tons, or .456 per cent.
* Compiled from the Monthly Returns furnished to the Corporation by the Fishmongers' Company.
■Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned
to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market during 1901 and the five
years 1896-7-8-9-1900.
Year.
Weight of Fish Delivered.
Total.
Weight of Fish
Condemned.
Ratio of Fish Condemned
to that Delivered.
By Land.
By Water.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons
cwts.
qrs.
1896
134,479
39,212
173,691
1,211
13
2
1 ton in 144 tons, or .70%
1897
130,975
44,276
175,251
958
12
0
1 „ 183 „ .55 „
1898
135,093
46,874
182,567
1,068
5
0
1 „ 170 „ .59 „
1899
129,469
50,514
179,983
750
0
2
1 „ 240 „ .42 „
1900
'149,615
38,069
187,684
769
13
3
1 „ 244 „ .41 „
Average
(5 years)
136,046
43,789
179,835
951
13
0
1 ton in 189 tons, or .53%
1901
157,072
39,118
196,190
888
16
1
1 ton in 220 tons, or .45%
The figures are slightly in excess of those for last year, and are 62 tons,
16 cwts., 3 qrs. under the average for the previous five years.