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are caught or cured show how widely extended the fishery 

 is on the Scottish coasts. The following is a list of the 

 stations or districts, and quantity cured in 1866 at each, 



VIZ. 



But perhaps the most satisfactory statistical account that 

 can be given is the statement of the number of people 

 and boats directly employed in the Scottish fisheries ; 

 and we therefore give, in as condensed a form as possible, 

 the number of boats, their tonnage, and the people 

 employed. 



