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MUSSEL CULTURE 



after the columns referring to crabs, lobsters, and 

 oysters, under the title, 'other. shell-fish.' 



Irish returns are furnished in the same manner. 

 From the monthly returns supplied by the Scotch 

 Fishery Board, however, I am able to reproduce 

 the following table, showing the quantity and 

 value of mussels landed in Scotland during the 

 last four years. 



It will be observed that there is a marked drop 

 both in quantity and value in the columns for 

 1893, but it must be recollected that the number 

 of boats and men employed is less. 



Note. — The S. F. B. 1894 Report gives the quantity for 1892 



as 247,189, for 1893 as 239,746^. 

 * The quantities refer only to Mussels landed from native 



waters . 

 + The values are calculated from the ' landing prices.' 



In view of other evidence, it is unfortunately not 

 possible to console ourselves with the belief that 

 the recent falling off in the quantity of mussels 

 landed is the result of fewer being required. 



