xlvi 



Second Annual Report of the 



SUMMARY OF HERRING FISHERY ON BOTH COASTS. 



Summary of 

 Fishery on 

 both Coasts. 



The Twenty- 

 six Districts. 



Increase and 

 Decrease of 

 Barrels in 1883, 

 as compared 

 with 1882 in 

 each District. 



Totals of 

 Increase and 

 Decrease. 



Summary on 

 both East and 

 West Coasts 

 during last 

 Fifty Years. 



The following tabular statement gives the particulars of the 

 increase or decrease in the herring fishery of 1883 in each of the 

 twenty-six districts, as compared with that of 1882 : — 





x eai looz, 



Kn WP 1 G 



cured. 



x edi looo, 



n?» rvpl ci 



XJCLl 1 CIO 



cured. 



Increase 

 in 1883. 



Decrease 

 in 1883. 



Eyemouth, .... 



64,458 



40,265 



... 



24,193 



Leith, 



2,475 



2,154| 





320| 



Anstruther, .... 



o, ioZ 



O, ZLO 





0,00/ 



Montrose, .... 



39,199 



21,696$ 





17,502* 



Stonehaven, .... 



18,579 



15,749 





2,830 



Aberdeen, .... 



110,971 



51,828 





59,143 



Peterhead, . 



loD, / U4 







Q 1 1 A 

 O, 114 



Fraserburgh, .... 



233,297f 



inn o 1 



192,827^ 





40,470 



Banrr, ..... 



Q1 OCT 



61, zol 



OK Q*701 



Zo,oi Zt% 





£ QQQl 



0,OOOf 



Buckie, 



13,518 



15,530 



2,012 





Findhorn, .... 



5,959 



3,922 





2,037 



Cromarty, . • . • 





1,0 / 0 





979 



Helmsdale, .... 



7,994 



11,018 



3,024 





Lybster, ..... 



3,458 



* 19,338 



15,880 





Wick, 



96,723 



155,668 



58,945 





Orkney Isles, .... 



20,046 



46,372 



26,326 





Shetland Isles, 



134,187 



256,487 



122,300 





Stornoway, .... 



52,231 



68,387£ 



16,156£ 





Loch Broom, .... 



1,126 



2,474 



1,348 





Loch Carron and Skye, 



77,783 



10,421 





67,362 



Fort- William, .... 



5,858 



9,968| 



4,110* 





Campbeltown, .... 



53,241 



49,089 





4,152 



Inveraray, .... 



85,352 



49,055 





36,297 



Rothesay, .... 



11,806 



3,297 





8,509 



Greenock, .... 



3,949 



2,314 





1,635 



Ballantrae, .... 



13,401 



26,501 



13,100 





Totals, 



1,282,973| 



1,269,412| 



263,201| 



276,762| 



While, however, these particulars show that the gross number of 

 barrels cured in 1883 was less than in 1882 by 13,561 barrels, the 

 official returns of cured herrings on both the east and west coasts 

 for the last 50 years, on the average of each period of 10 years, 

 exhibit a great and continuous increase. The following statement 

 gives the particulars of this increase : — 



Yearly Average 

 Increase in 

 Periods of 

 Ten Years. 



Periods of Ten Years. 



Average Number 

 of Barrels Cured 

 Yearly in each 

 Period. 



Increase in 

 Average Number 

 of Barrels Cured 

 Yearly in each 

 Period, 



Increase per cent. 



in Average 

 Number of Barrels 

 Cured Yearly in 

 each Period. 



1834 to 1843 inclusive, 

 1844 „ 1853 „ 

 1854 ,, 1863 ,, 

 1864 „ 1873 „ 

 1874 „ 1883 



476,424 

 558,839£ 

 627,361 

 734,468 

 1,027,416| 



82,415! 



68,521| 

 107,107 

 292,948! 



17-2 

 12-2 

 17 

 39-8 



Barrels cured in 1883, . 1,269,412*. 



It is gratifying to see how the productiveness of the whole 



