THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HERRING. 17 



In 1825 there was imported there of white herrings in 

 barrels, from 



Great Britain. Holland. Denmark. Norway. 



(^1^ 18,160 4295 19G0 0758 



1845, . . . 81,189 2457 307 44,264 



1850, . . . 116,538 568 470 12,507 



Thus, in 1825 the British herrings imported at Stettin 

 was not much more than the whole quantity imported 

 from other countries. In 1845 it was nearly double 

 the quantity imported from all the other countries put 

 together ; and in 1850, the demand for Scottish herrings 

 increased so much, that it formed about nine-tenths of the 

 whole quantity imported. In short, while the quantity ex- 

 ported from this country to Stettin increased annually, and 

 in proportion to the supply at home, the herrings of every 

 other country imported at Stettin have annually dimi- 

 nished. In 1855 the quantity exported to Stettin of 

 Scottish herrings was 160,572 barrels, being about nine 

 times the quantity sent from this country in 1825, double 

 the quantity in 1845, and more than a third greater than 

 the quantity exported thither in 1850. It might also be 

 shown that the quantity sent to other places has been 

 every year increasing, but we sliall only here give the 

 exports in 1855. There were exported in that year to 



Barrels. 



Konigsberg, 14,147 



Danzig, • . . 59,204 



Stetfin, 160,572 



Hamburg, 26,774 



Harburg, 60,377 



Bremen, ........ 6,754 



Rotterdam, for tlie Rhine, ..... 7,955 



Other ports, 8,244 



Total, . . . 344,029 



The numerous ports and places where the herrings 



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