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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 6

During the three months it! has been opened the Wellington' Municipal Fish Market (stated a report to the Markets Committee of the City Council yesterday afternoon), hoi supplied customers with bet,veen 25 and 20 tons of fre9h fish: The number of sales in that period: was about 11.200, and the total receipts for tho tales JES9B and odd shillings. The average purchaso was, therefore, about , one shilling's worth, showing the wide popularity of the institution. The avero.<ro gross re-' eeipts per day were 18s. 35d„ of which the supplier takes 90 per cont. and tho corporation 10 per cent. The working expenses of the market averaged 565. per day. Over the first threo months a statement of accounts showed on tho one side Tcceipts for sales of fish ,£572 10s., and on the other side paid to suppliers on account of sales ,£514, salary, wages, and incidental expenses JJtl. leavinc ,a credit bnl.mco of ,£IC 13s. Gd„ against which muM: be taken interest for three months on the building amounting to about £5 10s. Tlie net surplus remaining toJailed about <611#