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their catches more or less regularly at Aberdeen, have increased from 

 25 to 30. 



As showing the difference between the Granton and Aberdeen 

 trawling fleets, it may be noted that the average tonnage of the former 

 is 46 and of the latter 60. 



VI. Motor Boats. 



In the concluding remarks on motor fishing boats in the Report 

 for 1912 it was predicted that the next few years would witness a 

 gTeat development in the application of motor power to the smaller 

 classes of boats, and the returns for 1913 go to show that the forecast 

 was well founded. The statistics as to motor boats will be found in 

 Appendix A, No. 1, p. 8, but the returns there given may con- 

 veniently be supplemented by the following statement giving par- 

 ticulars of the motor fleet since 1901, when the first motor boat to 

 take part in the Scottish fisheries appeared : — 





First Class. 



Second Class 



. Third Class. 





Increase 



Year. 



Over 45 



30 to 45 



18 to 30 



Under 18 



Total. 



in each 





feet keel. 



feet keel. 



feet keel. 



feet keel. 





year. 



1901 



1 









1 





1902 



2 









2 



*i 



1903 



3 









3 



1 



1904 



3 









3 





1905 



4 









4 



*i 



1906 



5 









5 



1 



1907 



6 





i 





7 



2 



1908 



10 



1 



7 





18 



11 



1909 



35 



3 



30 



*7 



75 



57 



1910 



56 



1 



90 



9 



156 



81 



1911 



75 



4 



144 



10 



233 



77 



1912 



81 



15 



244 



16 



356 



123 



1913 



102 



80 



313 



28 



523 



167 



It will be observed that the total increase was 167, as against the 

 increase of 123 recorded in 1912. The increase in the case of the 

 largest and smallest classes was comparatively small, and the major 

 portion was applicable to boats in the intermediate classes. This was 

 largely due to the extension on the East Coast of the application of 

 motor power to boats of from 20 to 45 feet keel, intended primarily 

 for line fishing — but also suitable for herring fishing at places where 

 the shoals do not lie too far from the coast. 



In 1912 the West Coast, and particularly the Clyde districts, held 

 the honours in this matter, but an examination of the figures for the 

 year under review shows that the East Coast districts claim the 

 greatest increase, the number on the East Coast having advanced 

 from 120 to 240. The comparatively small increase in the Clyde dis- 

 tricts — 27 as against 67 in 1912 — is, however, only eviaence of the high 

 position those districts hold, the majority of the best and most 

 industrious fishermen there already possessing motor boats, and no 

 great increase in the Clyde can be looked for. 



Only two districts — Lybster and. Cromarty — are now unrepresented 



