ADDRESS TO THE CONVENTION 1 



9. That of late years there is alfo a confiderable 

 herring filhery on the coaft 01 ,.i\d 

 cured at little expencc. 



10. ira g m g < (> s of 

 rivalfhip, and reUncT; home, added to the 

 di ("proportionate cxpence of out-fits, &c. the Scot- 

 tifh nil; ive declined, are ci; ;,d will 

 in all probability be n ro the mere lupply of 

 the kingdom, unlefs they (hall be placed on a i 



v/ith thole of Ireland, .ay. 



n. That the patriots of Ireland have d 

 their intention to advcrtile in the Scottifh i 

 for experienced filhermen and traders of the latter 

 kingdom, to fettle in the towns now 

 the north-welt coaft of Ireland. 



12. That fome of the mod experienced fif 

 and traders of the welt of Scotland have declared to 

 the author of thefe fheets, their determined refolu- 

 tion to remove with their families, vcflels, and pro- 

 perty to the coaft of Ireland, unlefs the Britifh : 

 vernment fhall place the Scottifh fifheries and all lair 

 duties upon an equal footing with thofe of the former 

 country. 



13. That thefc ufeful men have often dated their 

 cafe to government, with little or no effect, owing, 

 it is fuppofed, to the (ecret influence of their ene- 

 mies. That they lately renewed their humble aj>|jli- 



rcckon them ready for fhipping, when the barrels arc well daunted, 

 and filled up. The herrings that are falted yield no oil, it is ex- 

 tracted only by boili: g them in boilers that contain from 10 : 

 barrel*. On an average 18 barrels of herrings yield a cafk of" oil, 

 nearly 12 gallons meafure. In 1781, the Swedes exp< 

 14,542 barrels of this oil, not having confumption or dcrmnc 

 the herrings which lay on their fliores. The markets for herring 

 oil arc the Baltic, Holland, and Spain. The average price i- about 

 a!. ;s. per barrel. The quality is greatly inferior to whale oil, 

 and even to liver oil ; having this inconveniency, that in cold wea- 

 ther there is no keeping it from congeal in .ce fome- 

 tbing like honey. Mr. A f (afou'j Jlnfwers to Mr. Kyres'i >ueriv 

 concerning the Herring Fijbing on the Coaft of Sweden ; infer led in 

 tlx third Report of the Commit ttt o* the Britijh Fijbtries. 



