SALMON FISHERIES. 



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15,000 to 18,000 a -year; and those of tlie Tay, 

 Dee, Spey, etc., were proportionably valuable. But 

 the value of the Scottish salmon- fisheries has, speaking 

 generally, declined greatly of late years; in consequence, 

 partly and principally, of a diminished supply of fish in 

 the rivers, but in some degree also from the greater 

 facility of communication between London and Liver- 

 pool, and the consequent importation of fresh salmon 

 from Ireland into the London markets. We have been 

 fortunate enough to obtain, from a source on which every 

 reliance may be placed, the following 



Account of the Quantity of Salmon packed in Ice, imported 

 into London from Scotland, during each of the Eight 

 Years ending on the 14 th of October, 1841, and of the 

 Wholesale Price of the same. 



This, it will be observed, is independent of the pickled 

 salmon brought from Scotland, the quantity and value of 

 which varies as much as that of the fresh salmon. But 

 we are well assured, that on an average of the last eight 

 years, its value has not exceeded 12,000 a-year. On 

 an average, the retail price of salmon in London may be 



