ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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fishery is prosecuted, xi., 131 ; num- 

 ber of persons employed in the fish- 

 ery, xi., 183 ; manners and mode of 

 .life of the fisher-folk, xi., 183-186; 

 their general prosperity, xi., 186 ; 

 boats and gear employed, xi., 187 ; 

 description of nets employed, xi., 

 1 88 ; statistics of the number of boats 

 at the various stations, xi., 187, 188 ; 

 their aggregate value, xi., 188, 189 ; 

 baskets for measuring fish on delivery 

 to the curer, xi., 189; spades or 

 scoops, xi., 189; mode of prose- 

 cuting the fishery, xi., 190; unload- 

 ing of the boats, xi., 190; herring 

 curers, xi., 191 ; amount of capital 

 invested in the business, xi., 191 ; 

 description of curing yards, xi., 192 ; 

 plant necessary for the business of a 

 curer, xi.,193; the duties and earn- 

 ings of the coopers, xi., 194 ; " ora- 

 men," xi., 194; "gutters," ii., 212; 

 xi'j J 95> "kipperers" and "smokers," 

 xi-j I 95 > cartage of herrings from 

 the boats to the curing yards, xi., 

 196 ; description of the barrels used 

 for packing the cured herring, xi., 

 196 ; descriptions of salt used at 

 different stages of the cure, xi., 198 ; 

 Government bounties in aid of the 

 fishery, xi., 199 ; the modern system 

 of bounties paid by the curer to the 

 fisher, xi., 199-203; "arles," xi., 

 201 ; trade in fresh herring, xi., 204 ; 

 kippers, xi., 204; red herring, xi., 

 205; tinned herring, xi., 205; the 

 pickle cure, xi., 205 ; use of fish 

 offal as manure, xi., 207 ; history of 

 the system of branding herring, xi., 

 207 ; the brand explained, xi., 208 ; 

 number of barrels branded, and 

 amount of fees paid in recent years, 

 xi., 210; benefits considered to be 

 derived from the use of the brand, 

 xi., 211 ; value to the community of 

 the herring fishery, xi., 21 1; trades 

 benefited by it, xi., 212 ; benefits 

 derived by rail ways and shipping, xi., 

 213 ; the relation of banks to the 

 fishing trade, xi., 214 ; the export 

 trade, xi., 215-217 ; history of the 



fishery, xi., 218 ; legislation respect- 

 ing it, xi., 218 ; statistics of the 

 fishery, xi., 220-223; necessity for 

 improved harbour accommodation, 

 xi., 223 ; recent improvements in 

 boats, gear, &c., 223; desirability of 

 providing better accommodation for 

 fishermen at the herring centres, xi., 

 224 



Scotch Herring Fishery Board, date 

 of establishment, viii., 449 ; ix., 172, 

 182, 243; functions of the Board, 

 viii., 450 ; ix., 246, 247 ; changes in 

 its constitution, ix., 246 



Scotch Rivers, remarks of the Royal 

 Commissioners on River Pollution 

 thereon, iv., 258 



Scotland, Commissioners of Salmon 

 Fisheries, powers of, i., 235 



Scotland, Meteorological Society of, 

 supply thermometers to fishermen, 

 to ascertain temperature of fishing 

 grounds, i., 280 



Scotland, north coast, general deficiency 

 of harbour accommodation, ix., 19; 

 suggestions as to mode of providing 

 funds for improvements, ix., 19 ; Port 

 Sculliance, ix., 20 ; Tolmine, ix., 20 



Scotland, state aided harbours, piers, 

 &c., there, vii., 134 



Scotland, west coast, depletion of breed- 

 ing beds of herring by predaceous 

 fish, vi., 292 ; possesses good natural 

 harbours, ix., 21 ; period of the year 

 during which the herring fishery is 

 prosecuted, xi., 132 



Scott, Lord Henry, M.P., on oyster 

 fisheries, v., 85, 103 



Scott, R. H., paper on "Storm Warn- 

 ings," vii., 177-191 



Scott, Sir Walter, and fisher-folk, ii., 

 I93 199 



Scouring of channels and harbours by 

 back waters, ix., 105 ; by artificial 

 means, ix., 107 ; duration of scour 

 ing, ix., 109; effective velocities of 

 currents, ix., 109 



Scribbled mackerel, a variety of the 

 common mackerel, vi., 125 



Scringe nets, or ground seine, i., 291 j 

 iv., 13 



