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FISH SUPPLIES.
213,074 Tons of fish, of which 157,591 were land-borne and 55,483
water.borne, were received at or near Billingsgate Market during the year.
Of the above, 165,600 tons were consigned to Billingsgate Market, the
remainder, viz., 47,474, being delivered at the salesmen's shops in the
neighbourhood of the Market.
Fish Delivered at *lsh Del'™redu ln,
Year. Billingsgate the neighbourhood Total Deliveries.
Market. of Billingsgate
Market.
Ton*. | Tons. Tons.
1905 *157,335 54,307 211,642
1906 165,600 47,474 213,075
8,265 6,833 1,433
increase. decrease. increase.
* Extracted from the Annual Report of the Clerk of the Market.
There was a decrease of 6,425 tons in the land deliveries, and an increase
of 7,857 tons in the deliveries by water.
MONTHLY FISH RETURNS, 1906.
Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or
near Billingsgate Market, and on board boats lying off that place, during each month of the year 1906.
Month.
Weight of Fish Delivered.*
Total.
Weight of Fish Condemned.
Ratio of Fish Condemned to
that Delivered.
By Land.
By Water.
January
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
cwt.
qrs.
1 in 1,330 tons, or .075 per cent.
12,891
4,123
17,014
12
15
3
February
11.107
4,032
15,139
7
9
1
1 „ 2,028 „ .049 „
March
14,184
4,218
18,402
21
0
0
1 „ 874 „ .114 „
April
13,236
3,953
17,189
26
17
3
1 „ 639 „ .156 „
May
13,710
5,093
18,803
49
11
3
1 „ 379 „ .264 „
June
13,830
4,762
18,592
184
10
2
1 „ 101 „ .992 „
July
14,715
4,458
19,173
236
4
2
1 „ 81 „ 1.232 „
August
14,886
5,154
20,040
300
0
3
1 „ 66 „ 1 .497 „
September
13,188
5,760
18,948
380
16
3
1 „ 50 „ 2.000 „
October
12,615
5,906
18,521
165
8
1
1 „ 112 „ .893 „
November
12,900
4,278
17,178
48
15
1
1 „ 352 „ 284
December
10,329
3,746
14,075
11
7
1
1 „ 1,239 „ .081
Total
157,591
55,483
213,074
1,444
17
3
1 in 147 tons, or .678 per cent.
* Compiled from tbe Monthly Returns furnished to the Corporation by the Fishmongers' Company.