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1808 to 1815 — in addition to the above bounty, 

 2s. 8d. on each barrel of herrings exported was 

 also paid. 



1815 to 1826 — 4s. per barrel of herrings cured 

 gutted. 



1827 — 3s. per barrel of herrings cured gutted. 



Io2o 2S. „ J, „ „ „ 



1829— IS. „ „ „ „ „ 



The herring bounties ceased altogether in 1830. 



On cod and ling — 1822 to 1830 — 4s. per cwt. was paid 

 on fish cured dry, and 2s. 6d. per barrel for fish 

 cured in pickle (these bounties were earned by 

 vessels not receiving the tonnage bounty). 



Cod and ling bounties ceased altogether in 1830. 



Now, what was the effect of this very thorough- 

 going system of protection ? This has, of course, 

 been very much discussed, and the opinion has 

 been very freely expressed that the Scottish bounty 

 system had very little effect on the development 

 of the herring fishery, and that, given a wise 

 administration, the industry would have developed 

 concomitantly with the growing wealth and 

 population of the country.^ The view one takes 

 of the question is of course largely dependent on 

 his adherence to one or other of the two present 

 schools of opinion with regard to the utility of 

 protective measures in commerce. It is very 

 difficult, of course, to obtain such information 

 now as would enable us satisfactorily to settle the 



^ See Spencer Walpole, "The British Fish Trade," in 7«/er«aAi7«a/ 

 Fisheries Exhibition Literature, London, 1883, for an exposition of 

 these views. 



