Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Table II. Appendix B, shows the total quantity of cod, ling, cod and Ling 

 and hake taken at the cod and ling fishery in Scotland last year by Fisne *y_ 

 open boats, and cured on shore, distinguishing the fish cured dried Cod and Ling 

 and the fish cured in pickle ; and distinguishing also the districts on 

 in which they were cured. 



Table III. Appendix B, shows by districts the total quantity of Total of Cod 

 cod, ling, and hake taken, both by vessels and by open boats, at onboard of red 

 the cod and ling fishery in Scotland last year, and cured ; distin- Vessels and on 

 guishing the fish cured dried and the fish cured in pickle. Shore - 



Table IV. Appendix B, shows the total quantity of cod, ling, Cod and Ling 

 and hake exported from Scotland last year ; the quantities thereof Exported, 

 exported from different districts ; distinguishing the export to Ire- 

 land, to the Continent, and to places out of Europe ; and also 

 whether cured dried or cured in pickle. 



Table V. Appendix B, gives an abstract of the total quantity of Yearly Totals 

 cod, ling, and hake cured, punched, or branded, and exported, year Lh?°cured 

 by year, in so far as brought under the cognizance of the fishery and Exported, 

 officers, from 10th October 1820, when the system for the encourage- 1820-1883. 

 ment and improvement of the cod and ling fishery commenced, to 

 31st December 1883. 



FISH SOLD FBESH, 



The former Fishery Board regularly collected, through its fishery Former Board 

 officers, statistics of the quantities of herring, cod, and ling which ^atlstics of 

 were cured in Scotland each year. We adopted the same course, Fish Cured, 

 and accordingly corresponding returns are inserted in our first 

 Annual Eeport, which was laid before Parliament last year. 



The Act under which the present Board was constituted directs New Board 

 that our Annual Eeport shall contain ' a statistical account of the gJ^iSi^ of Ct 

 ' fisheries ' of Scotland, thus requiring us to collect particulars of Fish sold 

 the quantity of white fish caught and sold fresh, as well as of those Fresh - 

 which are cured. 



Shortly after the Board was formed, we fully considered how 

 this instruction could best be carried out, but we felt that the diffi- Difficulties in 

 culties in the way of our being able to do so at all in a satisfactory domg tllls " 

 manner were very considerable. The great extent of the coasts of 

 Scotland, the limited number of officers in the employment of the 

 Board, the insufficiency of funds at our disposal ; and, even with 

 funds, the want of statutory powers to enforce collection of the 

 particulars required, made it at once evident that the returns which 

 we would be able to obtain must to a certain extent be of an 

 imperfect character. In endeavouring to carry out what was Plan adopted, 

 required, we directed the fishery officers in the 26 districts into 

 which the coasts are divided to obtain as far as possible, by personal 

 inquiry, and through correspondents to be appointed at the different 

 harbours and creeks in their respective districts, statistics of all 

 fish caught and which are not accounted for as cured in their 

 present returns ; and we gave them special instructions in what 



