FOR GREA T BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 2 1 



4th. That we imperatively need, and are entitled to 

 demand, from Government, considering the vast sums spent 

 on harbours of refuge in England and Ireland, one harbour 

 of refuge at least on the east coast of Scotland for 

 the protection, not only of the fishing fleet, but also of the 

 mercantile marine ; and that the proper place for that 

 harbour of refuge is the bay south of Peterhead, midway 

 between the Firth of Forth and the Cromarty Firth. 



In these conclusions the writer would wish to record his 

 entire agreement with Mr. Archibald Young. 



The report of the Scotch Fishery Board for 1880 states 

 the yield of herring to be 1,473,600 barrels, at 2$s. per 

 barrel ; this branch of fishery in Scotland yields 1,842,000. 



The great increase in the average annual yield of the 

 herring fishery since 1866, is, Mr. Young states, "coincident 

 with the extension and improvement of the fishing-boat 

 harbours at Aberdeen, Peterhead, and Fraserburgh, and 

 the construction by the late Mr. Gordon, of Cluny, of 

 the excellent harbour at Buckie on the Moray Firth." In 

 a money point of view alone, a stronger point of argument 

 for new harbours, and the extension and improvement of 

 those already existing, could hardly be brought before the 

 attention of the Government. This is omitting any 

 humanitarian views and regard for value of boats and gear, 

 which should also likewise carry considerable weight. 



WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND. 



Nearly the whole of the west coast of Scotland, from 

 Cape Wrath to the Clyde, is so broken and indented with 

 fiord-like lochs at intervals, forming so many good harbours, 

 that there is not that extreme need for artificial shelter 

 which exists on its eastern and northern coasts ; the 



