ixiv 



Second Annual Report of the 



Summary. 



Totals of Cod 

 and Ling 

 Cured and 

 Exported. 



Number of 

 Boats and 

 Fishermen. 

 Value of Boat- 

 and Fishing 

 Material. 



Estimated 

 Produce and 

 Value of 

 Fisheries. 



fishery show that 120,335f 



cured, but an increase of 8383 barrels in the quantity branded, and 

 of 64,777f barrels in the quantity exported 



The returns of the cod and lin 

 cwts. were cured dried, and 7310 barrels cured in pickle, and that 

 the quantity exported was 56,525^ cwts. cured dried, being a 

 decrease on the preceding year of 1001^ cwts. in the quantity 

 cured dried, and 427 barrels in the quantity cured in pickle. In 

 the quantity exported there was an increase of 28 J cwts. cured 

 dried, but a decrease of 2 barrels cured in pickle. 



The number of fishing boats in Scotland was 15,294 ; of fisher- 

 men and boys 49,722 ; and the estimated value of boats, nets, lines, 

 and other fishing material used in the herring, cod, and ling fisheries 

 was £1,654,160, being an increase on the preceding year of 321 

 boats, and 1426 fishermen and boys, and of £181,960 in the esti- 

 mated value of boats and fishing material. 



The total estimated produce and value of the fisheries of 

 Scotland, including the salmon fisheries, for the year ending 

 31st March last, as regards the fish sold fresh, and that ending 

 31st December 1883, as regards the other fisheries, are as 

 follow : — 



Cured Fish. 



Herrings, Cod, 

 and Ling. 



Fish sold 

 Fresh. 

 White Fish. 



Shell Fish. 



Cured Fish — 



Herrings, 1,269,412^ barrels, at 30s. per barrel, . 



120,335| cwts. dried, at 30s. per cwt. 



Cod and Ling, 



7,310 barrels pickled, at 30s. per barrel, ( 

 Total value of Cured Fish, . 



Fish Sold Fresh — 



White Fish — 

 Haddocks, 



Herrings, .... 

 Cod and Ling, 



Flounders and other flat Fid). 

 Other kinds of White Fish, 



.£340,693 

 149,433 

 97,297 

 92,194 

 78,093 



Salmon. 



Total estimated 

 value of 

 Fisheries. 



£1,904,118 15 0 

 191,468 12 6 



£2,095,587 7 6 



Total value of White Fish, . £757,710 0 0 



Shell Fish— 

 Lobsters, . . . £32,966 0 0 

 Crabs, . . . 19,716 0 0 

 Mussels, . . . 16,548 0 0 

 Oysters and other kinds of 



Shell Fish, . . 13,715 0 0 



Total value of Shell Fish, 



Total value of Fish sold Fresh, 



Salmon, 



Total estimated value of the Fisheries of Scotland for 

 year ended 31st March 1884, as regards Fish sold 

 Fresh, and for year ended 31st December 1883, as 



840,655 0 0 

 350.000 0 0 



regards the other Fisheries, 



£3,286,242 



