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Colonsay, may be mentioned. The hulls, boilers, and machinery of the 

 vessels have been maintained in a high state of eiSiciency, and no 

 serious accidents have to be reported. 



Particulars. 



Name of Cruiser. 



" Noma." 



" Freya." 



" Minna." 



" Brenda." 



"Vigilant." 



No. of Days at Sea 



257 



238 



276 



243 



275 



No. of Knots steamed . 



20,345 



15,077 



15,087 



14,121 



14,965 



No. of Illegal Trawl- 



ing Detections . 



6 



12 



2 



2 



1 



No. of Boats detained 













re Lettering and 













Numbering 



79 



92 



156 



223 



59 



No. of Boats cautioned 













re Lights 









1 



41 



No. of Foreign Trawl- 













ers observed , 



15 



35 



3 



3 



1 



No. of occasions above 













reported . 



43 



101 



3 



3 



3 



No. of Boats and 













Vessels given assist- 













ance . ... 



8 



11 



3 



2 



6 



TRAWLING IN PROHIBITED AREAS PREVENTION ACT, 



1909. 



The above-named Act, which was passed with a view to excluding 

 foreign trawlers from working in waters intra fauces of Scotland, 

 extended to the whole of the United Kingdom those provisions of the 

 Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act. 1889, which rendered illegal the landing 

 or selling in Scotland of any fish taken by trawlers in prohibited areas. 

 The administration of the Act is vested conjointly in the Board and 

 the Customs authorities. 



The Moray Firth is the largest and most important area coming 

 within the operation of the Act, and the following table gives (1) par- 

 ticulars of the number of different foreign trawlers reported as having 

 been observed working in the Firth, and (2) the number of separate 

 occasions on which those trawlers were observed, for the six years 

 ending 19th October last : — 



Table. 



