. The commercial products of the sea;. Fisheries; Seafood. The Trepang Fishery, 107 this sea-slug, only about five have any great commercial importance, which are as follows, with their nominal value in New Caledonia :— Per kilogramme. Per ton. Francs. I. Brown, with teats 2. Lai-ge black 25 2-0 3. Small black 20 1-30 4. Red bellies 15 I'OO 5. White 12 70 The first quality sells in China often as high as £<^o to ;^ioo the ton. The prices in the second column per kilogramme are those given in the French Colonial Catologue of the Paris Exhibition, 1878. Fig. Holothuridae species. The prep
. The commercial products of the sea;. Fisheries; Seafood. The Trepang Fishery, 107 this sea-slug, only about five have any great commercial importance, which are as follows, with their nominal value in New Caledonia :— Per kilogramme. Per ton. Francs. I. Brown, with teats 2. Lai-ge black 25 2-0 3. Small black 20 1-30 4. Red bellies 15 I'OO 5. White 12 70 The first quality sells in China often as high as £<^o to ;^ioo the ton. The prices in the second column per kilogramme are those given in the French Colonial Catologue of the Paris Exhibition, 1878. Fig. Holothuridae species. The preparation of the product is very simple. It is boiled in water for about 20 minutes, and then slit up from one end to the other and dried. This process is carried on in a large shed, with three stages of frames disposed over a good fire to smoke and dry them. As the trepang is very hygrometic, it is indispensable that they should be kept dry-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897. London, Griffith and Farran; New York, E. P. Dutton & co
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