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Second Annual Report of the 



Fishing Boats 

 and Vessels. 



Boats and 

 Fishermen 

 continue to 

 increase. 



Capital 

 Employed in 

 1882 t and 1883. 



The number of boats and fishermen and boys continues to increase 

 from year to year, the increase in 1883 being, as shown above, 321 

 boats and 1426 fishermen and boys on the preceding year. The 

 decrease of 41 fish-curers was owing to there having been two or 

 more curing stations occupied last year by one individual, and the 

 failure of the Loch Hourn herring fishery. 



The amount of capital employed last year in boats, nets, and other 

 fishing material was much greater than 1882. The particulars of 

 this increase are exhibited in the following table : — 



Increase 

 in 1883. 



Years. 



Value (Estimated) of — 



Beam Trawl 

 Vessels and 

 Boats. 



Nets. 



Lines. 



Total. 



1882, . 



1883, . 



Increase in 1883, . 



£646,883 

 780,361 



£711,039 

 753,760 



£114,278 

 120,039 



£1,472,200 

 1,654,160 



£133,478 



£42,721 



£5,761 



£181,960 



Cause of 

 Increase in 

 Capital. 



This very large increase is chiefly due to the additional capital 

 invested in the large class of fishing boats and beam trawl vessels 

 which are now being so extensively used, with their more expensive 

 equipment and fishing material. 



Details of 

 Boats and 

 Capital 

 employed. 



Table II. Appendix D, shows the number and tonnage of boats, 

 decked and undecked, employed in the herring and other fisheries 

 of Scotland last year, with the districts to which they belonged ; the 

 number of fishermen and boys by whom they were manned ; the 

 number of fish-curers, coopers, and other persons employed ; with 

 the estimated value of boats, nets, lines, and other fishing material. 



Vessels. 



Vessels Table III. Appendix D, shows the tonnage of shipping and the 



Tonnage of number of seamen engaged in the trade of the herring and cod and 

 shipping and ling fisheries of Scotland, last year, distinguishing those employed 

 men engaged?" In importing stave wood, hoops, and salt, in carrying herrings or 



cod-fish coastwise, or exporting them abroad ; and distinguishing 



British from foreign tonnage and men. 



Vessels and Boats. 



The total tonnage of vessels and boats, and the number of 

 Boats. S an persons employed in the herring, cod, and ling, and other fisheries, 

 Tonnage in Scotland, last year also show an increase over those of 1882. The 

 1882 and 1883. particulars are — 



