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whale), wliich is the only species whose whalebone approaches in value 

 that of the Greenland whale. 



The average value of each whale captured was £102, as compared 

 with £111 in the preceding year. 



PART II. 



SALMON FISHERIES. 



During the last season, 1913, the take of salmon throughout Scot- 

 land shows an increase of 27 tons as compared with the take of the 

 previous year. It is 152 tons more than the last quinquennial aver- 

 age (for the period 1904 to 1908). The whole coast line has been 

 divided as usual into four areas, and the weight of salmon carried 

 by the railways and steamships show that 2,017 tons of salmon were 

 marketed in 1913. The totals for the four areas are : — Berwick to 

 Cairnbulg Point, 1,061 tons ; Cairnbulg to Cape Wrath, 707 tons ; 

 Cape Wrath to Glasgow, 152 tons ; Glasgow to the limits of the 

 Annan district in the Solway, 96 tons. 



The year 1913 completes another quinquennial period, and the 

 total average is found to be 2,056 tons. This is the fifth quinquennial 

 average, and in the following table will be found these averages 

 together with the details of the last period. In 1913 the West Coast 

 districts showed a decline, which to some extent detracted from the 

 increase on the East Coast. The decline is largely due to an absence 

 of grilse and sea trout. 





Average, 

 1894 to 1898. 



Average, 

 1899 to 1903. 



Average, 

 1904 to 1908. 



Year 1909. 



Year 1910. 



District. 













o3 

































Tons. 



Cwt5 



03 



o> 



EC 



Tons. 



6 



'O^ 





Tons. 



6 



(A 

 O' 



CO 



Tons. 



Cwts 



73 

 ;h 





Tons. 



Cwts 



03 

 U 



O' 



CO 

 X2 



fflBerwick to 



CairnbulgToint, 

 b Cairnbulg- Point 



to Cape Wrath, 

 c Cape Wrath to 



Glasgow, . . . 

 d Glasgow to the 



Border, . . . 



1,206 

 900 

 403 

 260 



18 

 17 

 7 

 3 



1 



3 

 1 

 2 



1 



6 

 21 

 6 



839 

 737 

 274 

 183 



1 



10 

 18 

 6 



2 

 3 

 1 

 1 



9 

 17 

 27 

 19 



887 

 608 

 209 

 160 



8 



13 

 3 

 9 



2 

 1 



3 



24 

 19 

 6 



15 



1,018 

 705 

 229 

 231 



10 

 18 

 15 

 13 



3 

 3 



19 



22 

 26 

 6 



934 

 538 

 207 

 189 



8 

 8 

 11 



2 

 3 



1 



26 

 21 

 26 



Totals, . . . 



2,771 



7 





6 



2,034 





1 



16 



1,865 



15 



3 



8 



2,185 



Ts 



2 



17 



1,869 



10 



3 



18 





Year 1911. 



Year 1912. 





Year 1913. 



Average, 

 1909 to 1913. 











District. 

























. 





















Tons. 



1 Cwtj 



03 





Tons. 



1 Cwts 



03* 



^^ 



Tons. 



Cwtj 



33 



73 



Tons. 



Cwts 



O' 













aBerwick to 



Cairnbulg Point, 

 b Cairnbulg Point 



to Cape Wrath, 

 cCape Wrath to 



Glasgow, . , . 

 d Glasgow to the 



Border, . . . 



1,112 



691 

 209 

 206 



12 

 17 

 14 



1 



2 



7 



13 

 15 

 10 



950 

 679 

 226 

 133 



15 

 18 

 4 



18 



2 

 3 



9 

 10 

 21 



1,061 

 707 

 152 



96 



12 



4 



8 



3 



3 



23 

 22 

 10 



1,015 

 664 

 205 

 171 



5 



14 



2 

 13 



3 

 1 



17 

 3 

 7 

 3 











Totals, . . . 



2,220 



4 





17 



1,990 



16 



2 



18 



2,017 



5 



3 27 



2,056 



15 



1 



3 











The chart of curves also given shows the fluctuations graphically 

 from 1894 to last year. There is a rather depressing uniformity 



