IRISH HERRING FISHERIES. 315 



The following eftimates fhow the great progrefs 

 of the Irifh herring fifheries during thefe laft 30 

 years. 



Average number of^ 



barrels of herrings im- From Eafl Total. 



ported annually, pre- I Britain. Country. 



vious to the bounty, j" . 



between 1756 and j 23,201 1847 25,048 



1764, inclufive, J 

 Pitto after the bounty, -| 



between 1764 and V 16,657 25,365 42,02- 



1773, annually, J 



Ditto, during four- years preceding Lady- 1 



day 1783 j 2 > 2 77 



Exports from Ireland, in native and foreign her- 

 rings, viz. 



Annual average barrels for four years, -i ,. 



ending Lady-day 1767, j 



Ditto, ending at Lady-Day 1783, 24*273 



In the year ending at Lady-day 1783, 35>9^o 



The herrings imported from Scotland are gene- 

 rally purchafed at 20 s. per barrel, and confumed at 

 home. Thofe from Sweden, being greatly inferior, 

 were purchafed, in Ireland, at 14$. per barrel of 36 

 gallons, and exported to the Britifh Weft Indies. In 

 '1777, the Irifh parliament laid a duty of 45. on 

 every barrel of Swedifh herrings, which, on account 

 of the extreme cheapnefs of thofe herrings, and the 

 magnitude of the barrel, was found inadequate to 

 the national object of promoting the Irifh fifheries; 

 the parliament, therefore, in 1785, extended the 

 duty to i os. per barrel; which, if no drawback is 

 allowed on exportation, will operate effectually in 

 favour of the natives. 



The 



