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Appendices to Thirty-second Annual Report 



The work of boatbuilders was confined to the alterations in boats 

 having motor engines installed, and any slight repairs. 



The 11 crews at the Irish herring fishing had good success, the average 

 earnings amounting to £520 per boat. Last season was the first occasion 

 on which there were )io sail boats at the P]nglish autumn fishing. There 

 was a wide range in the earnings of both steam drifters and motor boats. 

 The average for the former was £286 above 1912, while that for the motor 

 boats was less by £67. The average loss of netting was normal — about 

 £15 per boat. 



There were no casualties during the year. 



Table showing the Number of Boats employed in each Week during the 

 Herring Fishing Season of 1913, the Highest Shots and Weekly 

 Landings, with Prices obtained for Fresh and Cured Herrings. 





Number of Boats. 



+3 



Total 



III 







Week 









© E 



O 



Catch 



fa 'C 



Average Prices of 



ended. 











per 





Cured Herrings. 





Steam. 



Motor. 



Sail. 





Week. 



'--t o 



> 

 < 







1913. 









Crans. 



Crans. 



Per Cran. 







17th May 



58 



34 



14 



40 



2,293 



19 



u. 



11 







24th „ 



61 



40 



18 



34 



3,332 



19 



7 







31st „ 



64 



44 



21 



43 



5,666 



15 



2 







7th June 



59 



41 



36 



41 



5,233 



19 



0 







14th „ 



61 



41 



42 



70 



8,615 



23 



6 



La. Full, 



42s. Od. 



21st „ 



76 



39 



35 



116 



12,711 



15 



5 



Full, 



38s. Is. 



28th „ 



129 



42 



60 



60 



13,770 



18 



11 



Mat. Full, 



35s. 7d. 



5th July 



142 



45 



80 



91 



22,756 



17 



10 



Fillmg, 



37s. Id. 



12th „ 



173 



45 



71 



64 



13,109 



30 



11 



Mattie, 



33s. Id. 



19th „ 



359 



52 



91 



90 



27,433 



33 



1 



La. Spent, 



29s. Od. 



26th „ 



370 



51 



103 



95 



21,503 



35 



2 



Spent, 



28s. 2d. 



2nd Aug. 



340 



61 



103 



80 



28,508 



32 



5 





9th „ 



382 



42 



72 



85 



20,642 



34 



0 



Branded. 



34s. lOd. 



16th „ 



213 



38 



99 



101 



11,164 



37 



7 







23rd „ 



182 



39 



86 



71 



11,566 



35 



6 



Unbranded, 32s. lid. 



30th „ 



170 



34 



63 



214 



11,641 



30 



3 







6th Sept. 



66 



23 



22 



101 



7,778 



30 



7 







13th 



48 



26 



24 



147 



6,039 



28 



3 







David Rosie, 



Fishery Officer. 



Fishery Office, 

 Berwick, 10^^ January 1914. 



Leith District. 



There was little change in the progress and results of the fishing in- 

 dustry of this district during the year under review. In brief, its principal 

 features were a decrease, as compared with the preceding year, in the 

 number of trawl vessels, a decrease in the landings of the trawlers but an 

 increase in their earnings ; moderate line fishing results, and comparative 

 failure of the herring and sprat fishings. 



Although a good many changes took place in the course of the year in 

 the composition of the steam-trawl fleet, owing to sales and purchases, 

 the average number of vessels at work was about 65, nine fewer than in the 



