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Beginning as before with the figures for the whole of Scotland, it is found 

 that the aggregate value of the fish landed in the years 1888-1908 amounted 

 to £42,993,646, or an average per annum for the twenty-one years of 

 £2,047,316. For the year 1888 only the total for the whole of Scotland is 

 given, but, taking the period 1889-1908, it is possible to differentiate the 

 values of the fish pertaining to the different coasts. The aggregate value 

 'of the fish landed on the East Coast in the period 1899-1908 amounted to 

 £17,720,785, the average per annum being £1,772,078. In the years 

 1889-1898 the total was £12,212,851, and the average £1,221,285. There 

 was thus an increase in the last ten years of £5,507,934, or about 45 per 

 cent. 



In the period 1889-1898 the aggregate value of the fish landed in the 

 Orkney and Shetland Isles was £1,408,347, the average per annum being 

 £140,835. In the years 1899-1908 the aggregate was £4,528,444 and the 

 average £452,844, showing an increase of £3,120,097 or about 221 per cent. 



The aggregate value of the fish landed on the West Coast in the first 

 period was £2,848,503, the annual average being £284,850. In the second 

 period the value amounted to £2,941,956 and the average was £294,196. 

 The increase on the West Coast was thus small, amounting to about 3 per 

 cent, when the two periods a.re compared. 



Turning now to the proportions represented by the different methods of 

 fishing, the aggregate value of the fish taken by line in the sixteen years, 

 1892-1899 and 1901-1908, was for the whole coast £6,990,107, giving an 

 annual average of £436,882. In the first period, 1892-1899, the aggregate 

 was £4,251,250, the average being £531,406 per annum. In the second 

 period, 1901-1908, the aggregate was £2,738,857 and the average £342,357. 

 There was therefore a decrease amounting on the whole to £1,512,393, or 

 about 35 per cent. 



On the other hand, the increase in the value of trawled fish was very 

 great. In the period 1892-1899 the aggregate was £2,791,393, the annual 

 average being £348,924. In the second period, 1901-1908, the aggregate 

 value of the trawled fish landed amounted to £7,183,748, the average per 

 annum being £897,968. The increase thus amounted to £4,392,355, or 

 about 157 per cent. 



The aggregate value of the net-caught fish, comprising for the most part 

 herring, was, in the first period, £6,776,976, giving an average of £847,122. 

 In the second period the value amounted to £10,752,653, the average being 

 £1,344,082. The increase in this class between the two periods was there- 

 fore £3,975,677, or about 59 per cent. 



On the East Coast the decrease in the value of the fish caught by line, 

 comparing the two periods, 1892-1899 and 1901-1908, amounted to 38 per 

 cent. On the other hand, the increase in the value of fish taken by trawl 

 amounted to 157 per cent. There was also a large increase, amounting to 

 27 per cent., in the fish taken by "net," that is, chiefly herrings. 



In Orkney and Shetland the decrease in the value of the line-caught fish 

 in the same periods was about 29 per cent. ; the increase in the trawled fish 

 — not of great importance — amounted to 688 per cent. ; while the increase 

 in the "net" fish was 222 per cent., and represented the increase in the 

 value of the herrings. 



On the West Coast in the same periods the decrease in the value of the 

 line-caught fish amounted to 25 per cent., the increase of the trawled fish 

 to 70 per cent., and the increase of the value of the " net "-caught fish to 15 

 per cent. 



It is not necessary to go into the details as to the values of the various 

 fishes landed, the information regarding which will be found in the appended 

 tables, but the following summary may be given showing the average value 

 per annum in each of the two periods for the different coasts in the case of 

 the more important fishes. The following shows the average value for the 



