THE FISHING INDUSTRY gI 
herrings do not appeal to British taste and the greater part of the catches, 
pickled and packed in barrels, is exported. In the last decade of the 
nineteenth century Scotland’s production of cured herrings ranged between 
900,000 and 1,000,000 barrels, to which total the counties of Aberdeen 
and Banff contributed no less than half, Fraserburgh being the pre- 
dominant producer, with Peterhead a good second. In1913 the total cure 
in Scotland was 1,285,000 barrels, but the trade has passed through severe 
Vicissitudes since the war and in 1932 the cure fell to 560,000 barrels. 
With the passing of the wave of economic depression which has so greatly 
affected trade generally, the industry will no doubt recover much of the 
lost ground. 
An account of the fisheries of Aberdeen and district would be incom- 
plete without some reference to the two Government fishery research 
institutions. The senior of these is the Laboratory of the Fishery Board 
for Scotland, situated in Wood Street, Torry, which is the headquarters 
of sea-fishery research for Scotland. ‘The staff at that station is concerned 
with research into fish up to the time when they are caught, and from 
that point the story is taken up by the research station of the Department 
of Scientific and Industrial Research, also situated at Torry, which deals 
with problems of preservation and subsequent treatment of the fish. 
The writer wishes to express his thanks to those who so willingly 
assisted in the preparation of this article and particularly to Mr. George 
Hall and Mr. Eric Wilson for the active part taken in its compilation. 
XV. 
PAPER-MAKING IN ABERDEEN AND 
DISTRICT 
BY 
JAMES CRUICKSHANK. 
GENERAL.—Paper-making has for long been one of the most important 
industries associated with the district round Aberdeen, but because of 
the comparatively wide distances that separate the various factories, this 
importance is not often realised by visitors, and is apt to be overlooked 
by Aberdonians themselves. 
One learns from old almanacs that a paper mill existed near the city 
as far back as 1696, but it is not till the middle of the following century 
that sure ground is entered upon, since which time the industry has 
been marked by steady progress and continuous growth. Some mills 
have meantime passed out, but others have arisen to take their place, 
