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Twenty-ninth Animal Report 



No. IV.) was £2,611,302, an increase of over £240,000 over the 

 preceding year. Of the total, £412,171 referred to branded herrings. 

 At the opening of the season prices were very satisfactory, but later 

 they fell to a lower level owing to the large supplies. A recovery 

 was manifested after the close of the fishing, and the total results 

 were only moderate. 



The following Table shows the amount realised for cured herrings 

 since 1898, and the average price per barrel obtained, viz. : — 



Year. 



East Coast. 



Orkney and 

 Shetland. 



West Coast. 



Total. 



Average 

 Price per 

 Barrel. 













s. d. 



1898 



£905,447 



£236,043 



£240,656 



£1,382,146 



15 4 



1899 



835.956 



507,512 

 542,099 



370,450 



1.713,918 



29 2 



1900 



823,106 



299,469 



1,664.674 



26 7 



1901 



739,905 



686,965 



277,920 



1,704,790 



21 3 



1902 



1,235,617 



577,531 



300,886 



2,114,034 



23 5 



1903 



1,005,328 

 891,841 



510,023 



272,073 



1,787,424 



22 1 



1904 



689,439 



234,819 



1,816,099 



17 7i 



1905 



939,684 



041,855 



247,875 



2,229,414 



21 U 



1906 



1,329,086 



1,985,670 



2.30,586 



2,545,342 



25 5| 



1907 



1,641,934 



730,652 



257,091 



2,629,677 



20 4f 

 18 9i 



1908 



1,045,411 



736,952 



283,714 



2,066,077 



1909 



1,358,802 



728,917 



281,336 



2,369,055 



25 Of 



1910 



1,482,356 



864,023 



264,923 



2,611,302 



22 5 



The progress of the industry during the last 100 years may be 

 traced in Appendix D, No. XL 



II. Cod, Ling, Haddocks, &c. 



The curing of cod, ling, tusk, and saithe showed signs of a distinct 

 revival last year. 



The quantity of cod cured dried was 100,733 cwts. — 5225 cwts. 

 more than in the preceding year — of ling, 41,414 cwts. — 9132 cwts. in 

 excess of the return for 1909 — and of saithe, 19,095 cwts., or 3708 

 cwts. more than in 1909. Aberdeen accounted for the bulk of the 

 returns in each case. 



Over 112,600 cwts. of cod was "smoked" in the form of "fillets," 

 the golden appearance imparted to the fish being obtained by the 

 application of a vegetable preparation known as " annate." Nearly 

 4000 cwts. of ling, 2870 cwts. of tusk, and 31,920 cwts. of saithe 

 w^ere similarly treated. Of haddocks smoked the return again exhibits 

 a decline, the preceding year's figures being 279,000 cwts., and those 

 for 1910 240,400 cwts. 



Mackerel pickling shows a slight improvement over 1909, the 

 figures being 2568 and 2153 barrels. The total was made up by 

 Shetland and the Outer Hebrides. 



The following Table shows the quantity of fish, other than 

 herrings, cured annually since 1899, viz.: — 



