690 REMARKS ON DOCTOR 



. and from whence the herring . dutely conveyed 



ot the Baltic, But the peculiar 



\edilh iill:- .'.and and all other na- 



in the extraordinary facility by \\luch they an- taken, 



. 

 . ith 200,000 barrels annually, nullio; 



I, which, though Imall in quantity, ;\V 

 ..icnt Duality, brings in lome years a return from foreign 



.1 to the annual value of hen ings t 

 Scotland. : average. Dr. Anderton mull allo liave 



n that th ngs arc taken at little or no charge. 



arc cau^ , the irtaml 



i, the nets not being calculated for that purpoie ; b 

 44 is unn< !i plenty within the rock, 



AnJ Another letter v 



bur. . in Inch abundance on the coall of Sweden, 



it no cxpciicc, as they fct into little inlet$ 



44 amonglt the rocks, and, by cneloiing them with a large net, 

 they take out as many as th , with little bag nets: 



ey fell the herrings at Gottenburgh, for 9 or 10 flullings 

 44 barrel, calk and fait included ; lo that they have cut the Dutch 

 <tirely out of the trade, in iupplying the different markets in 

 the Baltic, as they can be firit from Gottenburgh to all the mar- 

 " kets in the Baltic, at a very eafy freight. I think it my duty. 

 44 an individual, to furnilh any information in an inquiry of this na- 

 44 tur,e. JBut I fear it ^vou/d require a very high bounty to cnablt 

 44 us to difpute the market with the Sivecks." Befides the ready 



:hod ot catching what quantity of herrings they i 

 cured or for oil, the charge of caflc and cooperage in Sweden is 

 only is. lod. in Scotland it exceeds eg. It was owing to t 

 advantages, that the Swedes were enaoled to land then 

 on the keys of Dublin and Cork at 145. per barrel, whillt the 1 

 taken herrings could not be purchaled under zos. without lo. 

 the filhers. ^1776, the quantity of herrings imported i. 



: mounted to 56,400 barrels. 



In order to check the foreign, and to encourage their own iiih- 

 eries, the Iriili parliament, in 1777, laid a dut) of 45. per barrel 

 on all Swedifti herrings, and, in 178^, the du: 1 to 



jos. If therefore, tl: and it neceflary to lay a d\r 



los. upon every barrel of Swedifh herrings, how could Dr. An- 

 derion pretend to allure th, that without public aid 



44 or bounties, the Scottilh iilh could be afforded cheaper than 

 ** other filh of equal quality i f of the gl 



: ecling white fifli, I can, from the bert mercantile authority 



we are underfold at foreign markets, by the N<<: 

 gians, who lie immediately on the gieat fifliing grounds of the 

 .:n, and whofe expenditure in building and equij 



?, cafks, &ic. fcarcely ai 

 iieexpencc in ; G Britain, t 



Anderlon reconcile his alfertions to dKfe fa>-;s ': or by what fpe- 

 can our people meet the Irifh, Swedes, arx 



gians 



