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waters, where with ninety-four more boats a catch less by 
36,646 crans resulted. 
The grand total of all kinds of fishes (other than shell- 
fishes) landed in 1898 was 6,657,768 cwts., or an increase of 
1,656,096 cwts. over the previous year, and of £252,112, a com- 
paratively large increase, a considerable part of which was due 
to Herrings. 
Fishing boats had decreased by 6 per cent., whilst trawl- 
vessels had increased by 86 per cent. The number of persons 
employed in the fisheries was 89,600, of whom 36,000 were 
fishermen, with 11,590 fishing vessels. 
Of round fishes other than Herrings, the liners in 1899 
caught 812,224 cwts., thus continuing the steady decline in 
quantity so noticeable for some years. For the catch they 
received £371,861, a sum less by £27,047 than in the former 
year. 
The trawlers landed 816,410 ewts. of round fishes, of the value 
of £429,929, an increase over the previous year of 155,096 cwis., 
and of £107,149. 
The liners captured 114,361 cwts. of flat fishes, an increase 
of 2807 cwts. over 1898, but with a value less by £2137. 
The trawlers brought in nearly the same quantity as the 
liners, viz. 114,035 cwts., an increase over the previous year of 
29,760 ewts. and £34,739. 
The total quantity of all fishes landed was 5,145,076 ewts. 
= £2,189,933, or 1,512,692 ewts. less, and, strange to say, of 
£310,067 more in value than in 1898. ‘The increase in value 
was partly due to the greatly enhanced value of the diminished 
catch of Herrings, the highest price ever obtained having been 
got for them. A single shot procured £300, and the average per 
boat ranged from £400 to £13800. The total catch of Herrings 
was 3,207,000 cwts. = £1,148,000. 
The number of boats of all kinds was 11,190, of which 207 
were steam trawlers. The number of persons employed in the 
fishing industry was 84,500, a smaller number than last year, 
and of these 35,700 were fishermen. 
The round fishes captured by the liners in 1900 amounted to 
650,005 cwts. = £304,837, a reduction on 1899 of 160,219 ewts. 
and £67,028. 
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