FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



TO THE EIGHT HONOURABLE 



LORD BALFOUR of BURLEIGH, 



Her Majesty's Secretary for Scotland. 



Office of The Fishery Board 

 for Scotland, 

 Edinburgh, 1st April 1897. 



My Lord, 



In continuation of our Fifteenth Annual Report, 

 we have the honour to submit — 



PART II.— REPORT ON SALMON FISHERIES. 



The fishing season of 1896, judged by the number of boxes of 

 salmon sent to Billingsgate, was up to the average of recent years. 

 The number sent to Billingsgate was 22,435, or about 4 per cent, 

 lower than the average of the previous sixty-two years, and over 

 1£ per cent, higher than the average of the previous ten years, iu 

 the following Table will be found the numbers sent in each year 

 since 1834 — each box weighing about 1 cwt. : — 



