Ixx 



Fifth Annual Report of the 



Tonnage of 

 Shipping, and 

 number of 

 Seamen 

 engaged. 



Tonnage of 

 Boats and 

 Vessels, and 

 number of 

 persons 

 employed. 



number of seamen engaged iu the trade of the herring, and 

 cod, and ling fisheries of Scotland, last year, distinguishing those 

 employed in importing stave wood, hoops, and salt, in carrying her- 

 rings or cod-fish coastwise, or exporting them abroad ; and distin- 

 guishing British from foreign tonnage and men. 



The following table shows the total tonnage of boats and vessels* 

 and the number of persons employed in the herring, cod, ling, and 

 other sea fisheries of Scotland in 1886, as compared with 1885 : — 



Abstract. 



Total Tonnage of Boats and Vessels, and Number oi 

 Persons employed. 



British. 



Foreign. 



Years. 



Tons. 



Persons. 



Tons. 



Persons. 



1885, 

 1886, 



328,8021 

 287,366 



113,007 

 106,906 



63,534 

 52,916 



3,140 

 2,728 



Decrease in 1886, . 



41,436| 



6,101 



10,618 



412 



Abstract 

 Return of 

 Tonnage and 

 persons 

 employed. 



Lives lost at 

 Sea, and Loss 

 in Boats, Nets, 

 &c. 



Number of 

 Boats, and 

 Beam Trawl 

 Vessels, and 

 Resident 

 Fishermen in 

 Scotland. 



Table IV. Appendix D, gives abstract returns of the tonnage of 

 vessels and number of men ; the tonnage of boats and number of 

 fishermen and boys ; and the number of other persons employed in 

 the herring, cod, and ling, and other sea fisheries of Scotland last 

 year. 



Table V. Appendix D, shows the number of lives lost in connec- 

 tion with the sea fisheries of Scotland ; the number of boats totally 

 wrecked, and the value thereof ; the number of boats damaged, 

 and the amount of damage; and the loss on nets and other fishing 

 material lost or damaged, last year. 



Table VI. Appendix D, is a return, by fishing villages or creeks, 

 for the coasts of Scotland, of the number of first, second, and third 

 class fishing boats, beam trawl vessels, and resident fishermen and 

 boys, in the year 1886. It will be seen that in Table II. of 

 Appendix D, the fishermen and boys returned are 8832 more than 

 the above-mentioned number. This is, however, in consequence of 

 that additional number, who were non-resident, having been em- 

 ployed in the herring fishery at the various stations, when the return 

 was made up. 



Building of Fishing Boats and Steam Trawlers. 



Industry in This branch of the fishing industry has been in a very depressed 

 st e a r te depressed s ^ a ^ e during tne P ast two or three years, owing to the low prices 

 for which herrings could be sold. Only a few boats of the largest 

 size, four steam trawlers, and one or two steam line boats were built 

 in 1886. 



