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CONTENTS 



HARBOURS. page 



Want of Harbour Accommodation ----- xxxii 



More Money required ------- xxxii 



Improvement of old Harbours and Construction of new ones - - xxxii 



Detailed Inquiry necessary ------ xxxiii 



Delayed, as Parliamentary Committee had been appointed - - xxxiii 



Applications made regarding Harbours - xxxiii 



Harbours for which Money has been asked - - - xxxiii 



Harbours assisted xxxiii 



Reference to Engineers' Report - - - - xxxiii 



Ness Harbour -------- xxxiii 



Findochty Harbour ------ - xxxiv 



Crovie Landing Slip ------- xxxiv 



St Monance Harbour - - - - - - xxxiv 



HERRING FISHERY. 



Herring Fishery xxxv 



Barrels Cured in 1880, 1882, and 1883 - - xxxv 



Barrels one per cent, less in 1883 than in 1882 - xxxv 



Caused by falling off on West Coast ----- xxxv 



Results of 1882 and 1883 compared ----- xxxv 



Increase of 1883 over Average of preceding Ten years - - xxxv 



WEATHER. 



Weather 



Not favourable for Fishing 

 Eighty-two Fishermen Drowned 

 Property Destroyed 

 Long Voyages out and home - 



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EAST COAST HERRING FISHERY. 



East Coast Herring Fishery ------ xxxvi 



East Coast Districts ------- xxxvi 



Eyemouth District— Takes limited in June and July — Abundant 

 Fishing in August — Large Shoal left after Spawning — Average 

 Catch of Season — Steam-Tugs towed Boats - xxxvi 



Leith District — Number of Boats — Fishing Grounds — Average Catch 



of Season - -- -- -- - xxxvii 



Anstruther District — Boats nearly all left for other Stations — 



Herrings got east of Island of May — Boats came for Shelter - xxxvii 



Montrose District — Average Catch of Season — Weather unfavourable 

 — Takes got in best week ------ xxxvii 



Stonehaven District — Unfavourable Weather retarded Fishery — 



Average Catch of Season— Boats went too far Seaward - - xxxvii 



Districts of Aberdeenshire — 2056 Boats Fished — Fishermen attracted 

 to Shetland — Storms and Calms interrupted Fishing — Heavy 

 Catches unprecedented — Netting lost by weight of Fish — Steam 

 Tugs — Steam Fishing Boats — Curing Vessels — Herrings Cured at 

 Sea Branded - xxxvii 



Results : — Aberdeen District — Peterhead District — Fraserburgh 



District - - . - - - - - xxxviii 



Banff District — Average Catch xxxviii 



