of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Practically every particle of the carcase is turned to account. Oil 

 is derived principally from the blubber, and is in demand by soap 

 manufacturers ; bonemeal, made from the calcinated skeleton, and 

 guano, prepared from the entrails, furnish valuable manures; while 

 the flesh, or whale-beef, after undergoing various processes, is con- 

 verted into a nutritious food for cattle, resembling chocolate or snuff- 

 coloured meal. Oil is, however, by far the most important product, 

 and accounts for about two-thirds of the total value. As showing the 

 relative values of various species of whales from an oil-producing 

 point of view, it may be stated that the yield — from fully-grown 

 animals — has been computed to be : — 

 From the " right " whale, 

 Blue 

 „ Tinner „ 

 „ Humpback ,, 

 Sei 



The average value of each whale captured 



against £117 in 1011. 



PART II. 



60—70 barrels. 

 50—60 „ 

 35—40 „ 

 25—35 „ 

 5—10 „ 

 works out 



at £111, as 



SALMON FISHERIES. 



During the last season, 1912, the take of salmon throughout 

 Scotland shows a decrease of 230 tons as compared with the take 

 of the previous year. It is, however, 125 tons more than the last 

 quinquennial average (for the period 1904 to 1908). The whole coast 

 line has been divided as usual into four areas, and the weight of 

 salmon carried by the railways and steamships show that 1990 tons 

 of salmon were marketed in 1 912. The totals for the four areas are : — 

 Berwick to Cairnbulg Point, 950 tons ; Cairnbulg to Cape Wrath, 679 

 tons ; Cape Wrath to Glasgow, 226 tons ; Glasgow to the hmits of 

 the Annan district in the Sol way, 133 tons. 



The following summary, in tabular form, gives the three last quin- 

 quennial averages — and we would draw attention to the rather serioua 

 decline shown in these — and the totals for the last four seasons : — 



District. 



a Berwick to 



Cairnbulg Point, 

 h Cairnbulg Point 



to Cape Wratli, 

 c Cape Wiatli to 



Glasgow, . . . 

 d Glasgow to the 



Border, . . . 



Totals 



Average, 

 1894 to 1898. 



1,206 



403 

 260 



Average, 

 1899 to 1903. 



737 

 274 

 183 



2,034 



Average, 

 1904 to 1908. 



Tons. ^ 



O 



887 



209 

 160 



1,865 



15 



Year 1909- 



Tons. 



1,018 

 705 

 229 

 231 



2,185 



District. 



a Berwick to 



CairnbulgPoint, 

 b Cairnbulg Point 



to Cape Wrath, 

 c Cape Wrath to 



Glasgow, . . . 

 d Glasgow to the 



Border, . . . 



Totals, 



Year 1910. 



Year 1911- 



Year 1912. 



Tons. 



207 



1,869 



Tons. 



1,112 

 691 

 209 

 206 



2,220 



Tons. 



950 

 679 

 226 

 133 



