Report on Salmon Fisheries. 



vii 



A monthly return of the number of boxes of salmon received at Monthly 

 Billingsgate has been, as hitherto, kindly furnished by The Fish- scotSsh° 

 mongers' Company. The column referring to Scotland shows the Salmon sent to 

 following totals January, — ; February, 295; March, 686 ; Blllingsgate - 

 April, 759; May, 1,600; June, 3,369 ; July, 4,919; August, 3,518; 

 September, 264 ; October, 1 ; November, — ; December, — ; total, 

 15,411. The highest monthly figure occurred, as usual, in July. 

 The following Table admits of comparison with previous years : — 



Table showing Number of Boxes of Scottish Salmon delivered at 

 Billingsgate each Month for the Years 1884 to 1899 in- 

 clusive : — 



Month. 



Average of 

 10 years, 

 1884-93. 



1894. 



1895. 



1896. 



1897. 



1898. 



1899. 



Average 

 Monthly Price 

 per lb. during 



| 1893-96. 



Average 

 Monthly Price 



per lb. 

 during 1897. 



Average 

 Monthly Price 



per lb. 

 during 1898. 



Average 

 1 Monthly Price 

 1 per lb. 

 during 1899. 



















s. d. 



s. 



d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



January, 























2 9 





February, . 



818 



327 



400 



822 



773 



525 



295 



1 ty 



2 



Oh 



1 10 



2 5£ 



March, . 



1,071 



692 



1,207 



1,385 



724 



866 



686 



1 8£ 



2 





2 1 



2 9 



April, 



1,U16 



887 



1,160 



1,580 



1,038 



809 



759 



1 H 



o 



21 



2 4 



2 7 



May, 



2,335 



1,745 



2,567 



2,376 



2,311 



1,430 



1,600 



1 8 



1 



6 



2 0 



2 0| 



June, 



3,51,0 



3,078 



4,611 



3,595 



3,127 



2,668 



3,369 



1 4f 



1 



*h 



1 5 



1 6 



July, . 



7,m 



4,464 



9,066 



7,450 



5,081 



4,166 



4,919 



0 i\\ 



1 



4 



1 4 



1 2J 



August, 



6,09k 



3,968 



5,694 



4,477 



3,001 



3,169 



3,518 



1 1 



1 



5 



1 4 



1 5 



September, . 



526 



328 



659 



750 



213 



487 



264 



1 10 



2 



0 



2 0 



2 3| 



Do., 











*6 



18 



1 





*1 



7 





2 0 



October, 











*9 



•20 







•1 



7 



2 11 





November, . 













♦14 











*1 9 





December, . 











*1 



*2 















Total. 



23,7 U9 



15,489 



25,364 



22,435 



16,284 



14,174 



15,411 











Table of Boxes 

 of Scottish 

 Salmon sent 

 to Billingsgate, 

 1884-1899. 



* Frozen salmon. 



For purposes of comparison with the quantities of salmon sent 

 to Billingsgate from other countries the following Table may be of 

 interest at the present time : — 



[Table. 



