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Appendices to Thirty -first Annual Report 



APPENDIX A.— No. III. 



RETURN for the year 1912 showing the largest number of Boats, Decked and 

 Undecked, irrespective of the places to which they belong, employed fishing for 

 herrings, as well as the number of persons engaged in that industry, in each 

 District in Scotland at one time. 



DISTRICTS. 



Date. 



Week 

 ending 



Boats. 



Fisher- 

 men and 

 Bovs 



Curers. 



Coopers. 



Gutters 



and 

 Packers. 



Labour- 

 ers, 



Total 

 Persons 



Em- 

 ployed. 



Ej'^emouth, 



Aug. 17 



359 



2,947 



89 



219 



1,639 



298 



5,192 



Leith, 



Feb. 10 



70 



242 



11 



15 



90 



43 



401 



Anstruther, 



„ 13 



171 



1,102 



45 



114 



180 



42 



1,483 



Montrose, 



Aug. 21 



65 



457 



8 



38 



213 



29 



745 



Stonehaven, 



3 



20 



132 



5 



10 



80 



3 



230 



Aberdeen, 



„ 17 



122 



1,068 



49 



114 



1,836 



725 



3,792 



Peterhead, 



„ 17 



352 



2,764 



78 



330 



1,928 



259 



5,359 



Frastirburgh, . 



„ 10 



500 



4,012 



86 



431 



2,069 



455 



7,053 



Banff, . . 



„ 10 



123 



861 



12 



25 



165 



18 



1,081 



Buckie, 



June 29 



140 



980 



13 



24 



201 



14 



1,232 



Find horn. 



„ 29 



46 



368 



9 



18 



120 



15 



530 



Cromarty, 



Oct. 26 



3 



12 









3 



15 



Helmsdale, 



Aug. 10 



2 



12 



1 



1 



3 





17 



Lybster, . 



June 29 



10 



50 



1 



2 



18 





71 



Wick, 



July 20 



410 



3,170 



54 



296 



1,560 



190 



5,270 



Orkney, 



,, 20 



340 



2,660 



33 



206 



1,230 



160 



4,289 



Shetland, . 



June 29 



757 



6,732 



85 



592 



3,444 



458 



11,311 



Stornoway, 



„ 1 



204 



1.746 



32 



115 



870 



80 



2,843 



Barra, 



May 25 



217 



1,387 



26 



75 



660 



67 



2,215 



Loch Broom, . 



Oct. 12 



60 



295 



15 



19 



102 



16 



447 



Loch Carron and Skye, 



„ 31 



192 



768 



33 



21 



99 



5 



926 



Fort-William, . 



May 25 



40 



360 



22 



14 



51 



17 



464 



Campbeltown, . 



Oct. 12 



140 



630 



9 



5 



54 



10 



708 



Inveraray, 



June 25 



97 



378 



5 





30 



4 



417 



Rothesay, 



„ 25 



176 



665 



3 





10 



6 



684 



Greenock, 



Aug. 10 



152 



610 



34 



34 



130 



88 



896 



Ballantrae, 



Dec. 28 



103 



444 



28 



14 





20 



506 



