of the Fishery Board jor Scotland. 



xxxix 



With the exception of 93,000 barrels exported to America, the whole 

 of the export was shipped to Europe, Russia for the first time on 

 record heading the list as the principal receiver of herrings. Hitherto 

 German ports had been the principal media of distribution, but they 

 have now been displaced, and this notwithstanding the fact that the 

 duty imposed in Germany on cured herrings is 3s. a barrel, while in 

 Russia it is 13s. a barrel. 



Scottish herrings compete with those of their chief rivals — Norway 

 and Holland — in the neutral markets on equal terms as regards tariffs. 

 Fresh herrings are admitted into Germany free of duty. 



The following table shows the export to Russia and Germany direct 

 for the last ten years, viz. : — 



Year. 



Germany. 



Russia. 



1903 . 



794,711 



303,202 



1904 . 



. 1,095,683 



304,443 



1905 . 



. 1,057,315 



430,554 



1906 . 



. 1,025,886 



424,200 



1907 . 



. 1,186,100 



627,100 



1908 . 



. 1,001,645 



616,497 



1909 . 



786,682 



574,307 



1910 . 



982,360 



732,345 



1911 . 



794,219 



655,814 



1912 . 



719,012 



750,187 



The principal receiving ports in Russia were St. Petersburg 

 (364,651 barrels), Libau (281,630), and Riga (86,415), while those in 

 Germany were Stettin (231,694), Hamburg (194,050), Konigsberg 

 (178,574), and Dantzig (114,690). 



The quantity of herrings in stock in Scotland at 31st December 

 was only 787 barrels, so that the markets should be in a healthy con- 

 dition and the prospects for 1913 most favourable. 



IV. Cod, Ling, &c.. Cured. 



The return (Appendix D, No. I.) of these fish cured in various ways 

 continues to show an upward tendency. It is given in a slightly 

 different form from that of previous years, all the different kinds of 

 fish preserved or cured being enumerated. 



The following figures show the totals of the principal kinds cured 

 for the last ten years, viz. : — 





Cod. 



Ling. 



Tusk. 



Saithe. 



Haddocks. 



Mack- 

 erel. 



Year. 



Cwts. 

 Dried. 



Cwts. 

 Smoked 





Cwts. 

 Dried. 



Cwts. 

 Smoked 





& 2 



Cwts. 

 Dried. 



Cwts. 

 Smoked 



ai 





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50 



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1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



48,626 

 60,693 

 65,709 

 81,967 

 60,766 

 102,527 

 95,508 

 100,733 

 121,465 

 180,859 



23,396 

 110,737 

 154,353 

 124,522 

 123,985 

 127,479 

 109,537 

 112,636 

 113,888 

 138,107 



1,290 

 2,147 

 1,200 

 1,741 

 1,256 

 1,157 

 1,920 

 1,165 

 1,252 

 4,540 



10,137 

 15,714 

 21,102 

 14,322 

 12,748 

 36,239 

 32,282 

 41,414 

 45,266 

 37,972 



5,000 

 2,000 

 15,290 

 12,500 

 10,400 

 6,700 

 3,320 

 3,990 

 2,980 

 2,100 



1,601 

 2,019 

 3,395 

 1,993 

 1,035 

 2,745 

 1,768 

 3,004 

 5,370 

 4,166 



1,378 

 525 

 1,220 

 3,990 

 3,150 

 2,870 

 1,100 

 1,200 



15,272 

 18,831 

 19,406 

 13.983 

 10,753 

 19,431 

 15,387 

 19,095 

 21,738 

 35,991 



15,960 

 18,000 

 19,200 

 25,570 

 30,150 

 31,920 

 32,350 

 40,600 



381,156 

 386,604 

 340,433 

 292,582 

 365,797 

 384,985 

 279,054 

 240,429 

 251,128 

 225,127 



6,809 

 11,709 

 13,512 

 12,110 

 14,863 

 5,172 

 5,692 

 9,057 

 8,408 



6,549 

 626 

 216 

 107 



830 

 1,473 

 1,389 

 1,390 

 1,4S7 

 2,153 

 2,568 

 2,738 

 3,480 



