378 INTERNATIONAL LAWS FOR THE 



owners, salesmen, buyers, curers (men and women), 

 ropemakers, twine-spinners, cotton-net operatives, package 

 makers, sailmakers, shipwrights, caulkers, carters, &c. 



SCOTLAND. The boats here are as a whole much 

 smaller and less costly than the English, though each year 

 they are advancing both in size and cost. 



The estimate of registered and unregistered boats for 

 1882 is as follows : 14,809 boats, including gear valued at 

 1,398,461; 48,121 fishermen; value of fish caught, 

 1,191,871 ; 48,752 other persons in various trades depen- 

 dent on the fisheries. 



IRELAND, 1882. Registered and unregistered, 9,458 

 vessels of all classes, including gear valued at 816,640; 

 34,528 fishermen employed ; value of fish caught, 467,0 14 ; 

 12,000 other persons in various trades dependent on the 

 fisheries. 



FRANCE, 1881. 20,617 vessels; tonnage, 153,870; 

 73,342 fishermen ; value of fish caught (North Sea only), 

 fr. 96,000,000 (3,840,000); 30,000 other persons dependent 

 on fisheries. The shore labour is less in proportion to 

 England owing to the fish not being prepared and manipu- 

 lated in so many different ways. 



HOLLAND, 1881. 1021 vessels; 5986 fishermen ; value 

 of fish caught : 



Herrings . . . 294,500 barrels = Florins 3,534,000 = 294,500 

 Anchovies . . 15,458 ankers of) 



50 kilos] = " " 2 ' 8 = ^ 



Oysters . . 21,844,672 = 1,310,000 = 109,000 



NORWAY, 1879. Value of fish caught on own coast, 

 1 2,800. 



SWEDEN, 1879. 217 vessels; 1828 men; value of fish 

 caught, 184,518. 



