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quantity was only 93,201 cwts. and the average per annum 11,650 cwts., a 

 decrease of about 64 per cent. The trawl-caught saithe totalled 30,397 

 cwts. in the period 1892-1899, with an annual average of 3800 cwts.; 

 whereas in the years 1901-1908 the aggregate was 484,897 cwts. and the 

 average per annum 60,612 cwts., or an increase of nearly 1500 per cent. 



In the twenty years the aggregate quantity of haddocks landed on the 

 East Coast amounted to 16,685,128 cwts., the average per annum being 

 834,256 cwts. In the ten years, 1889-1898, the quantity was 7,479,307 

 cwts., the average per annum being 747,931 cwts. ; in the next ten years 

 the quantity was 9,205,821 cwts., the average being 920,582 cwts., and the 

 /increase in the period 1,726,514 cwts., or 23 per cent. The quantity taken 

 by line in the eight years, 1892-1899, was 3,401,195 cwts., the average 

 being 425,149 cwts. ; in the years 1901-1908 the quantity was 991,442 

 cwts., and the average per annum 123,930 cwts., showing a decrease of 71 

 per cent. The trawl-caught haddocks in the first period totalled 

 2,738,326 cwts., the average being 342,291 cwts. ; in the second period the 

 quantity was 6,750,723 cwts., and the average 843,840 cwts., showing an 

 increase of 147 per cent. In the first period the proportion of line-caught 

 haddocks was about 55 per cent, and trawl-caught 45 per cent, of the 

 total. In the second period the proportion of the former was under 14 

 per cent, and of the latter over 76 per cent., which shows how much the 

 trawled haddocks have replaced those taken by line. 



The total quantity of whiting taken in the twenty years amounted to 

 1,652,759 cwts., the average per annum being 82,638 cwts. In the first 

 ten years of that period the aggregate was 426,462 cwts., the average 

 being 42,646 cwts.; in the last ten years the total amounted to 1,226,297 

 cwts., and the annual average was 122,630 cwts., showing an increase of 

 about 188 per cent. In the years 1892-1899 the quantity taken by line 

 was 195,142 cwts., with an average of 24,393 cwts. ; in the years 1901— 

 1908 the quantity was 142,069 cwts., the average being 17,759 cwts., showing 

 a decrease of about 27 per cent. The trawled whitings in the first period 

 totalled 84,824 cwts., the average per annum being 10,603 cwts. ; in the 

 second period the total was 970,922 cwts. and the average 121,365 cwts., 

 showing an increase of 1045 per cent. In the first period the line-caught 

 whiting formed about 70 per cent, of the total, and in the second period 

 about 13 per cent. only. 



The only other fish classified among the round fishes throughout the 

 tables is the conger eel, of which in the twenty years 60,886 cwts. were 

 landed, the average per annum being 3044 cwts. In the first ten years the 

 quantity was 29,756 cwts., and the average 2976 cwts. ; in the second 

 period the quantity was 31,130 cwts., the average being 3113 cwts., 

 showing an increase of about 5 per cent. The quantity taken by line in 

 the years 1892-1899 was 24,722 cwts., and the average 3090 cwts. ; in the 

 second period the quantity was 20,589 cwts. and the average 2574 cwts., a 

 decrease of about 17 per cent. In the first period the quantity of trawled 

 conger was 667 cwts., with an average of 83 cwts. ; in the second period 

 the quantity was 2835 cwts., the average being 354 cwts., an increase of 

 325 per cent. The proportion of conger taken by line in the years 1901— 

 1908 was about 88 per cent., 12 per cent, being caught by trawl. 



Among other round fishes included in the tables are gurnard, catfish, 

 angler or monk, and hake, but the statistics referring to them go back 

 only to 1904 (see p. 157). So far as the five years show, gurnards have 

 rather diminished in quantity, hake have considerably diminished, while 

 catfish have remained steady, and anglers much increased. 



Among the important group of the flat-fishes, it is not possible to give 

 details as to the total flat-fishes over the period, for reasons stated below. 



The quantity of turbot landed in the twenty years was 103,593 cwts., 

 the average per annum being 5180 cwts, In the first ten years the 



