90 



ME. F. DAY ON THE MARINE FAUNA 



see the old law reimposed provided the fishermen of other nations 

 adopted it. 



I am indebted to Mr. Graham, of the Scotch Fishery Board, for 

 the figures in the following table. 



Scotch Herring -Fishery Heturns. 



1 Fractions of barrels are omitted, unless exceeding §•, when they are given as 

 1 barrel. 



^ Returns were from April 5th till the following April, up to 1843. 



^ Returns for 1844 ended January 5th, 1845, and so continued until 1851. 



^ Returns iip to this year include those of N.E. of England. 



^ Returns from 1850 to 1868 include those of the Isle of Man. 



<■' Returns from 1869 refer to Scotland only. 



The foregoinig table demoDstrates a steady annual increase in 

 the capture of the herrings from the commencement of this 

 century until the present period. Everythiug is deemed as 

 denoting prosperity ; and should an occasional storm sweej) the 



