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CONTENTS. 



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Aberdeen District — Boundary of District— Fleet of 350 Boats — 

 Summer Fishing very successful —Particulars thereof — Quantity of 

 Herrings cured — Two Fishermen drowned — Winter Herring 

 Fishery - - - - - - - xxxvi 



Peterhead District — Boundary of District — Number of Boats less than 

 1868, but average catch per boat highest on record — Particulars of 

 Fishings — Quality of Herrings — Larger Mesh Nets used — Work 

 and Earnings of Women employed — Vessels employed in Deep- 

 Sea Fishings — Results of Season — Development of Winter Fishery 

 — Cause thereof — Particulars of Fishing — Quality and prices of 

 Herrings -------- xxxvii 



Fraserburgh District — Boundary of District — Fleet of Boats— Number 

 at each Station — Particulars of Fishing — Great loss of Nets owing 

 to weight of Fish Meshed — Quality of Herrings — Season's Catch 

 now disposed of — Winter Fishing ----- xxxviii 



Banff District — Boundary of District — Number of Boats employed — 

 Forty left on Beach — Opening, progress, and close of Fishing- 

 Grounds fished— Quality of Herrings — Quantity cured — Winter 

 Fishing xxxix 



Buckie District — Boundary of District — Fleet of Boats larger than in 

 any other District, but bulk Fish at other Stations — Opening 

 and close of Fishing — Grounds frequented and particulars of Fish- 

 ing — Quantity of Herrings cured — Weather — Winter Herring 

 Fishing — Particulars thereof — Quality and prices of Herrings - xxxix 



Findhorn District — Boundary of District — Fleet of Boats— -Particulars 

 of Fishing — Quantity of Herrings cured — Fishing Grounds — 

 Weather — Winter Fishing most abundant, but prices very low - xl 



Cromarty District — Boundary of District — Boats employed — Par- 

 ticulars of Fishing — Prices low — Winter Fishing - - - xli 



Helmsdale District — Boundary of District — Fleet of Boats — Opening 

 and closing of Fishing — Particulars of Fishing — Quality of Fish — 

 Barrels cured — Winter Fishing — Particulars thereof - - xli 



Lybster District — Boundary of District — Boats employed and average 

 Catch for each — Particulars of Fishing — Quality of Herrings — Most 

 productive Grounds — Barrels cured — Loss of Netting — Winter 

 Fishing — Herrings plentiful, but prices very low — Produce of 

 Season - xlii 



Wick District — Boundary of District — 448 Boats employed — Par- 

 ticulars of Fishing — Quality of Herrings — Barrels cured — Loss of 

 Nets — Winter Fishing most successful — Particulars thereof — Dis- 

 posal of Herrings - - - - - - - xlii 



Orkney District — Boundary of District — Boats engaged and average 

 catch per Boat — Particulars of Fishing — Quality of Herrings — 

 Quantity of Herrings cured ----- x liii 



Shetland District — Boundary of District — Fleet of 840 Boats employed 

 — Average Catch per Boat — Total Catch — Particulars of Fishing — 

 Herrings of superior quality— Quantity cured— Development of 

 Fishery - xliv 



SUMMARY OF EAST COAST HERRING FISHING. 



Summary of East Coast Herring Fishing - xliv 



Seven Districts show an increase, and ten a decrease - - xliv 



Net decrease in 1886 under 1885 - xlv 



