TABLE, SHOWING THE QUANTITY, WEIGHT, OR MEASURE OF THE FOLLOWING KINDS OF FISH SOLD IN BILLINGSGATE MARKET IN THE COURSE OF THE YEAR:
--------------------------+-------------+------------------+--------------- | Number | Weight or | Proportion Description of Fish. | of | Measure of | sold by | Fish. | Fish. | Costermongers. --------------------------+-------------+------------------+--------------- WET FISH. | | lbs. | Salmon and Salmon Trout | | | (29,000 boxes, 14 fish | | | per box) | 406,000| 3,480,000|One-twentieth. Live Cod (averaging 10 | | | lbs. each) | 400,000| 4,000,000|One-fourth. Soles (averaging | | | 1/4 lb. each) | 97,520,000| 26,880,000|One-fifteenth. Whiting (averaging | | | 6 oz. each) | 17,920,000| 6,720,000|One-fourth. Haddock (averaging | | | 2 lbs. each) | 2,470,000| 4,940,000|One-tenth. Plaice (averaging | | | 1 lb. each) | 33,600,000| 33,600,000|Seven-eighths. Mackarel (averaging 1 lb. each) | 23,520,000| 23,520,000|Two-thirds. Fresh Herrings | | | (250,000 bars., | | | 700 fish per bar.) | 175,000,000| 42,000,000|One-half. „ (in bulk) |1,050,000,000| 252,000,000|Three-fourths. Sprats | | 4,000,000|Three-fourths. Eels from Holland } | | { 1,505,280|One-fourth. „ England and Ireland } | 9,797,760| { 127,680|One-fourth. (6 fish per 1 lb.) | | | Flounders (7,200 | | | quarterns, | | | 36 fish per quartern) | 259,200| 43,200|All. Dabs (7,500 quarterns, | | | 36 fish per quartern) | 270,000| 48,750|All. | | | DRY FISH. | | | Barrelled Cod | | | (15,000 barrels, | | | 50 fish per barrel) | 750,000| 4,200,000|One-eighth. Dried Salt Cod | | | (5 lbs. each) | 1,600,000| 8,000,000|One-tenth. Smoked Haddock (65,000 | | | bars., 300 fish | | | per bar.) | 19,500,000| 10,920,000|One-eighth. Bloaters (265,000 | | | baskets, 150 fish | | | per basket) | 49,750,000| 10,600,000|One-fourth. Red Herrings (100,000 | | | bars., 500 fish | | | per bar.) | 50,000,000| 14,000,000|One-half. Dried Sprats (9,600 | | | large bundles, 30 fish | | | per bundle)[1] | 288,000| 96,000|None. | | | SHELL FISH. | | | Oysters (309,935 bars., | | | 1,600 fish per bar.) | 495,896,000| |One-fourth. Lobsters (averaging 1 lb. | | | each fish) | 1,200,000| 1,200,000|One-twentieth. Crabs (averaging 1 lb. | | | each fish) | 600,000| 600,000|One-twelfth. Shrimps (324 to the pint) | 498,428,648| 192,295 gals.|One-half. Whelks (224 to the | | | 1/2 bus.) | 4,943,200|22,067 1/2 bus.[2]|All. Mussels (1000 to the | | | 1/2 bus.) | 50,400,000|50,400 „ |Two-thirds. Cockles (2,000 to the | | | 1/2 bus.) | 67,392,000|33,696 „ |Three-fourths. Periwinkles (4,000 to | | | the 1/2 bus.) | 304,000,000|76,000 „ |Three-fourths. --------------------------+-------------+------------------+---------------