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bourhood of Scotland, herrings are reckoned by the 

 " last," nominally consisting of 10,000 fish, but actu- 

 ally of 13,200. The following is the mode of com- 

 putation : 



4 herrings = 1 warp. 

 33 warps = 1 hundred = 132 fish. 

 10 hundred = 1 thousand = 1,320 

 10 thousand = 1 last = 13,200 



A " hundred " of mackerel, however, only contains 

 30 warps, or 120 fish. 



The new fish-market was completed in 1867, and 

 since that year an accurate account has been kept of 

 the herrings landed there. 



The following statement shows the number of lasts 

 of fish received at the market in each of the nine years, 

 1868-76; and, as a "last" contains 13,200 fish, some 

 idea may be formed of the produce of the Yarmouth 

 herring fishery, even without taking into consideration 

 what has been landed at Grimsby by some of the 

 Yarmouth boats : 



1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 



1872 



Lasts. 

 15,098 

 13,608 

 19,420 

 19,008 

 14,450 



1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 



Lasts. 

 18,796 

 17,724 

 11,820 

 12,824 



The herrings are sold by ordinary auction, and are 

 put up at so much per last ; many of the curers have 

 their own boats, and agree with the crews to give them 

 a certain sum per last for all the fish they bring in ; 



