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Click Here To Edit Frigidarium August 1800 No 2.

Report of the House
of Commons on the
Fish Trade Augst 1800
Times 1800 Aug.st19th.

It also appears
by the evidence of MR..
Selby, a Salmon Factor
that in consequence
of the mode introduced
a few years ago of
packing Salmon in
Ice, the Metropolis is
now supplied with
that species of Fish
from much greater
distances than formerly,
as well as in a
much better state of
preservation, and during
a Season of the
year in which it was
before thought impracticable
to bring them.

Times August 22d 1800
Examination of M<hi rend="superscript">R</hi> ..
Tho.s Peete Supervisor
of Billingsgate Market.

Examination of M<hi rend="underline">R</hi>.. Ja<hi rend="superscript">s</hi>. Saunders Salesman
of Billingsgate.

What quantity of
fish forms a Cargo
in general?- That
depends upon the
Wind and Weather;
we victual out for
five weeks; sometimes
we complete much
sooner, and sometimes
come back for want
of provisions without
catching 1 cwt of fish.

How much do you
call a good cargo?-

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About five Tons; we
often catch a great
deal more; but we
are often obliged to
throw away fish
for want of salt to
preserve them.-

Can you judge
what proportion of
fish caught is thrown
away for that reason.
It often happens in
Summer that the
whole Cargo is
thrown away; it
has often happened
that the outfit of
the boat has cost
£50 and the Cargo
has not been worth
1s. although great
quantities of fish
has been caught.
The fish that Swallow
the Hook die in consequence
of it. and
must be thrown
away, except that
in Winter it may
answer to salt the
largest and finest
fish.-

How much does
a Cargo of five Tons
sell for on its arrival
at Billingsgate Market?-
Sometimes
as much as £200
and sometimes as
low as £20 in a
better state; it depends
entirely on the supply
of the Market; on
Monday, when the
cod fish was not so
good, it sold for d6
per pound and
yesterday for only
2d.

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Can you judge how
much the price would
be reduced if no fish
was obliged to be
thrown away? -

The quantity now
preserved in salt
is small, and may
sell for about 2d per
lb in Billingsgate
Market; it is chiefly
Haddoock salted for
about a fortnight,
and I think it
might be sold for
a penny a pound
if we could have
salt duty free; they
are very good food
with potatoes; it
takes fifteen bushels
to cure a Ton of fish,
they are cured in
Bulk or large Vats.

Times Aug.st 23rd.. 1800
State of the Fish Trade.
Examination of Mr..
Jas.. E. Saunders.

Do the Salesman,
before the Market
opens, enter into
a concert respecting
the price?- No; every
man follows his
own judgment, when
there is a glut of
fish in the Market
it is impossible to
offer to keep up the
price.-

In the internal
consumption of Salt
fish, such as it is,
is the preference
given to the wet
or dry fish?- To the
pickled or wet fish.

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There are two
sorts of Newfoundland
fish called wet
and dry, the former
is called Mud fish,
it is that which
is taken as the
Vessels are coming
over & salted in bulk.

From the Report
of the Select Committee
of the House of Commons. -

Times 1800 Septr
4th-

Examination of M<hi rend="underline">R</hi> Tho<hi rend="underline">s</hi>..Tyler
Salesman.-

M<hi rend="underline">r</hi>.. Tyler- What
branch of the
Fisheries are you
particularly concerned
in? - In
all, except Salmon.
Are you acquainted
with the Trawling
Fishery? We
catch Thornbacks,
Maids, and other
Flat Fish on the
sands, called the
Brown Bant off
Yarmouth, the
Broad Fourteens,
and Smith's Knowl
where there is a
prodigious quantity
of Fish.

How many
Boats do you
employ?- We
have near forty
sail belonging
to Barking;
which are either

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constantly or occasionally employed in that Fishery; they sometimes being such a quantity of fish to Market, that they cannot be disposed of disposed of; we sometimes sold them as cheap as one shilling a Basket weighing at least 20 lbs. Dou you think that a greater supply could be brought from those Banks if more Boats were employed? yes, certainly, if more boats were employed; there is no danger of exhausting the Banks; there are 17 or 18 sail a building. Are the Fish caught in the Fishery good for salting? None of the Flat fish are; but if salt could be procured we could have a great quantity of Haddocks: great quantities are thrown away for want of Salt. At this season the Plaice, Maids, & Haddocks are in prodigious quantities all the way from Loestoff to the Dutch Coast: Soles

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