of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



IX 



The proportions of the year's catch landed by steam, motor, and 

 saihng drifters respectively were roughly 47 per cent., 41 per cent., 

 and 12 per cent., as compared with 34 per cent., 47 per cent., and 

 19 per cent, in 191ft, these percentages reflecting the change in the 

 composition of the fleet due to the release of steam drifters from 

 Admiralty service. 



The quantity of herrings landed in each district monthly in 1919, 

 together with the totals for 1918, is shown in the following table : — 



Return showingltlie^Quantity of Herrings landed in each District in each Month of 



the Year 1919. 



District. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



April. 



May. 



Jime. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Total. 



1 





Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt 



Twt. 



Eyemouth . 







311 





780 



2,191 



5,334 



26,607 



14,875 









50,098 



Leith 



2,280 



15,425 



2,771 



3527 



351 



365 



7 



39 



299 



"i66 



"il4 





25,344 



Anstruther . 





4,202 



13,414 



475 



101 



3 





2C6 











18,401 



Montrose . 



"83 



3 





2 



24 



2 



58 



129 







188 



'io9 



598, 



Stonehaven . 













35 



77 



28 











140 



Aberdeen 



1 



li306 



"25 



'510 



3,444 



10,084 



22,803 



25,377 



1,733 







3 



65,286 



Peterhead ' . 



1,208 



5,159 



2,065 



234 



9,139 



49,340 



244,605 



183,894 



5,177 









500,821 



Fraserburgh 



3,024 



5,464 



63 





5,660 



71,411 



472,706 



245,840 



5,960 







'882 



811,010 



Banfif . . 





19 



50 





361 



2,475 



12,453 



8,103 











23,461 



Buckie . . 



4,621 



10,378 



596 





1,159 



8,752 



37,930 



20,100 









2,142 



85,678 



Findhorn 



17,337 



2,259 



322 





21 



253 



3,588 



2,261 



3,671 



8",690 



11,573 



21,233 



70,608 



Cromarty 















102 





5 









107 



Helmsdale . 

















"266 



119 









385 



Lybster . 

















238 



322 









560 



Wick . . . 



29,421 



28,619 



6',i58 



"340 



7',i47 



45,873 



179,261 



121,292 



714 







8',636 



426,861 



Orkney . . 













242 



1,981 



3,605 











5,828 



Shetland 





3,164 



3',994 



2', 405 



12,393 



114,017 



227,818 



143,654 



"242 









507,687 



Stornoway . 



91.772 



97,817 



9,287 



13 



6,741 



17,163 



24,637 



24,886 



13.745 



4i303 



5,519 



19.889 



315,772 



Barra . . . 



2,320 



3,853 



987 



■ 66 



2,617 



2,699 



2.010 



9,807 



91 



424 





637 



25,511 



Loch Broom 



1,904 



1,312 



14 







34 



287 



1,038 



802 





2,604 



18,707 



26,702 



Loch Carron 





























andSkye . 



36,879 



41,555 



2.451 



518 



1,784 



150 



326 



1,772 



5,198 



821 



3,668 



29,233 



124,355 



Fort- William 



87,221 



89,691 



13,420 



10,209 



71,041 



26,705 



11,470 



10,791 



3.366 



2,380 



7.246 



45,021 



378,561 



Campbeltown 



5,544 



79 



6.095 



3,605 



1,753 



2,421 



4,805 



8,382 



8,466 



15.1.^,8 



3,841 



2,541 



62,690 



Inveraray 



22 



94 



255 



39 



33 



1,820 



6,022 



2,139 



4,742 



10,539 



9,114 



7, l.'v4 



41,973 



Rothesay 



44,478 



6,472 



1,114 



308 



618 



693 



1.186 



1,229 



1,239 



1,911 



1.1420 



38,871 



109,539 



Qreenocic 



3,070 



1,085 



777 



238 



490 



133 



2,793 



210 



171 



1 1,169 



1,142 



1,880 



13.158 



Ballantrae . 



8,938 



19,987 



472 



17 



1,910 



4,671 



1,809 



1,486 



1,781 



1.476 



:,364 



441 



44.352 



TOTALS 1919 



340,123 



337,943 



64,641 



22,506 



127.567 



361 ,532 



1,264,068 



84.3,379 



72,718 



\ 46,437 



57,793 



196,779 



3,735,486 



Totals 1918 



208,862 



349,475 



223,014 



38,956 



143,590 



252,765 



415,190 



188,707 



26,385 



29,581 



78,894 



106,342 



2,061741 



Disposal of the Herring Catch. 



The following table shows the disposal of the catch in 1919, as 

 compared with the previous year : — 



1919 

 1918 



Freshed. 



Crans. 



248,539 



304,168 



Cured 

 Gutted. 

 Barrels. 

 624,217 



31,031 



Cured 

 Un- 

 gutted. 

 Barrels. 

 61,535 

 45,649 



Kippered 

 Crans. 

 293,040 

 256,968 



Bloaters 

 or Reds. 

 Crans. 

 15,097 

 22,037 



Tinned. 



Crans. 

 39,997 

 17,550 



The most obvious feature of this table is, of course, the great 

 increase in the quantity cured gutted, due to the resumption of 

 curing for export on something approximating to the pre-war scale 

 which was made possible by the Government guarantee. Notwith- 

 standing the success which attended the efiorts made during the 

 war to extend the home consumption of herrings, in various forms,. it 

 was, of course, patent that this outlet would be totally inadequate to 



