  This paper presents the catalogue and the method of determination of averaged
quadratic effective magnetic fields B_e for 596 main sequence and giant stars.
the catalogue is based on measurements of the stellar effective (or mean
longitudinal) magnetic field strengths B_e, which were compiled from the
existing literature. We analysed the properties of 352 chemically peculiar A
and B stars in the catalogue, including Am, ApSi, He-weak, He-rich, HgMn,
ApSrCrEu, and all ApSr type stars. We have found, that the number distribution
of all chemically peculiar (CP) stars vs. averaged magnetic field strength is
described by a decreasing exponential function. Relations of this type hold
also for stars of all the analysed subclasses of chemical peculiarity. The
exponential form of the above distribution function can break down below about
100 Gs, the latter value representing approximately the resolution of our
analysis for A type stars.
