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the Scotch curer to export a greater quantity of cured 

 herringsr to the Continent than either the Norwegians or 

 the Dutch, who have long been the established and worthy 

 rivals of the Scotch in the Continental markets. I find, 

 from the statistics laid before the Herring Brand Committee 

 of 1 88 1, the relative quantity of herrings imported at Stettin 

 was : 



Scotland. Norway. Holland. 



1869 to 1874, average of 6 years 569,741 936,105 161,961 

 1875 1880 6 629,101 694,502 148,663 



The Norwegian barrel is ^th less than the Scotch ; the 

 Dutch barrel is the same size. 



These figures do not, of course, represent the total 

 export of each country. A quantity of Dutch herrings 

 are sent up the Rhine, and Holland, like Norway 

 and Scotland, has a considerable export trade in cured 

 herrings with most European countries. The Baltic ports, 

 however, take the large proportion of the Scotch and, I 

 believe, also of the Norwegian herrings ; a comparison, 

 therefore, of the imports at these ports may be taken as 

 indicating the relative prosperity of the herring trade of 

 the two countries. The demand for cured herrings in the 

 interior of Europe may be shown by a statement of Mr. 

 Reid, the British Vice- Consul at Stettin. Speaking of 

 Scotch herrings imported at Stettin, he said, before the 

 Committee of 1881 : "We send them all round, beginning 

 with Poland and Warsaw and the territory between Stettin 

 and Warsaw, the south of Russia, Gallicia, round by Vienna, 

 along to Bavaria, and then as far round until we get to 

 Magdeburg, when the imports of Hamburgh come in and 

 compete with our offers." 



The progress of the Dutch Herring Fisheries is indicated 

 by the statistics in the Exhibition, showing that since 1857 



