OF THE FISHERIES. 



culiar charadleriftic, and for which the inhabitants 

 fhould'be fuitably accommodated and qualified. 



By a ftricl adherence to the regulations proper for 

 each refpe&ive branch on the part of the adven- 

 turers, and a fuitable aid on the part of govern- 

 ment, thefe three fifheries cannot fail of fuccefs ; and 

 this leads to an inquiry into the prefent (late of the 

 markets, and how far they may be extended. 

 Formerly the principal markets for Scottifh herrings 

 were France, Sweden, Ireland, and the Well Indies. 

 Of all thefe, a part of the Weft India market only 

 remains for the Britifh exports of white herrings. 



The French now fupply themfeives chiefly by- 

 means of herrings taken on their own, and the Scot- 

 tifli coafts. 



The Swedes, befides home fupply, have an over- 

 plus of near 200,000 barrels annually for the Euro- 

 pean markets and the Weft Indies. From the con- 

 nection between France and Sweden, it is probable 

 that the herrings from the latter kingdom have a 

 preference in the French colonies to all other 



nations. * 



Ireland, befides fupplying her own confumption, 

 which is very great, hath allb become a rival at thr 

 Weft India markets, as appears from the preceding 

 ftatements of her imports and export, upon averages 

 of four years, ending in 1767 and 1783. 



The want of fale was one of the principal caufes 

 of the failure of the Britifh white herring company, 

 eftablilhed in 1750, by men of unlimited property, 

 aided by a bounty of fifty fhillings per ton, and 

 without the rivalfhip of Ireland. 



May it not therefore be fuggefted, that while the 

 wifdom of parliament is engaged in framing laws and 

 regulations for the extenfion of the Britilh filheries, 

 it is no lefs worthy their deliberation to confider of 

 markets for the difpofal of the fifh? The honv 



* The ifland of Bartholomew lately ceded to Sweden by France, 

 and mad.ea free port, will greatly facilitate the laic of Dutch and 

 wediih Herrings, 



