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principal.* Of the 397,737 barrels of herrings 

 reported by the Fishery Commissioners to have 

 been cured in the year ending 5th of April, 

 1837, 33,089 were cured at Wick, 32,584 at 

 Fraserburg, 29,872 in Shetland, 22,790 at 

 BamfF, 18,706 at Helmsdale, 19,091 at Roth- 

 say, 15,831 at Lybster, etc. None were cured 

 in the Isle of Man, formerly one of the principal 

 seats of the fishery. The Yarmouth fishery, 

 though much fallen off, is still prosecuted to a 

 considerable extent. About one hundred sail 

 of fishing vessels, averaging from forty to fifty 

 tons each, belong to that port, exclusive of about 

 fifty or sixty vessels that arrive annually from 

 Yorkshire during the he ring season. The 

 capital employed is estimated at about £250,000. 

 Lowestoft, nine miles from Yarmouth, employs 

 about seventy boats of forty tons each. The 

 greater number of the herrings taken at Yar- 

 mouth are smoked, and known in London by 

 the name of Yarmouth bloaters." f Hastings 

 and Folkestone have good herring grounds, 

 and supply the London markets with fresh 



* Pulteney Town, the suburb of Wick, on the south side of 

 the bay, has within the last few years rapidly increased. 

 During the fishing season, from 1,500 to 2,000 boats, having 

 each on an average a crew of five men, rendezvous here. Of 

 these, 500 boats belong to the town, the others are from 

 Northumberland, and even the Hebrides. 



t M'CuUoch. 



