VI 



Report on Salmon Fisheries. 



Table of Boxes 











of Scotch 

 Salmon sent 



Year. 



Boxes of Salmon. 



Year. 



Boxes of Salmon. 



to Billingsgate 











from 1834 to 









1 



1896 inclusive. 



1834 



30,650 



1866 



21,725 





1835 



42,330 



1867 



23,006 





1836 



24,570 



1868 



28,020 





1837 



32,300 



1869 



20,474 





1838 



21,400 



1870 



20,648 





1839 



16,340 



1871 



23,390 





1840 



15,160 



1872 



24,404 





1841 



28,500 



1873 



30,181 





1842 



39,417 



1874 



32,180 





1843 



30,300 



1875 



20,375 





1844 



28,178 



1876 



34,655 





1845 



31,062 



1877 



28,189 





1846 



25,510 



1878 



26,465 





1847 



20,112 



1879 



13,929 





1848 



22,525 



1880 



17,457 





1849 



23,690 



1881 



23,905 





1850 



13,940 



1882 



22,968 





1851 



11,593 



1883 



35,506 





1852 



13,044 



1884 



27,219 





1853 



19,485 



1885 



30,362 





1854 



23,194 



1886 



23,407 





1855 



18,197 



1887 



26,907 





1856 



15,438 



1888 



22,857 





1857 



18,654 



1889 



21,101 





1858 



21,564 



1890 



18,931 





1859 



15,823 



1891 



25,889 





1860 



15,870 



1892 



21,919 





1861 



12,337 

 22,796 



1893 



18,903 





1862 



1894 



15,489 





1863 



24,297 



1895 



25,364 





1864 



22,603 



1896 



22,436 





1865 



19,009 







Table of Boxes The Fishmongers' Company have been kind enough, as heretofore, 

 of Salmon sent to furnish information for each month from February to September 

 in each m month inclusive regarding the number of boxes of salmon received at 

 from 1884 to Billingsgate and the average price per lb. obtained. From this 

 1896 inclusive. information the following Table has been compiled :— 



































8*S'I 



Month. 



1884. 



1885. 



1886. 



1887. 



1888. 



1889. 



1890. 



1891. 



1892. 



1S93. 



1894. 



1895. 



1896. 





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£| 





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s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



February, . 



1,335 



879 



841 



717 



535 



691 



612 



934 



1,078 



557 



327 



400 



822 



818 



2 





1 



7 



March . . 



1,402 



1,116 



1,008 



797 



899 



1,006 



902 



1,116 



1,688 



773 



692 



1,207 



1,385 



1,071 



1 



6 



1 



7 



April, . . 



1,973 



1,886 



1,744 



1,456 



1,096 



1,152 



952 



1,403 



1,657 



845 



887 



1,160 



1,580 



1,U6 



1 llf 



1 



n 



May . . 



3,162 



2,257 



2,485 



2,432 



2,603 



1,859 



1,844 



2,591 



2,125 



1,997 



1,745 



2,567 



2,376 



2,335 



1 



8 



1 



7 



June, . . 



3,821 



3,863 



2,896 



3,531 



3,953 



3,827 



3,127 



4,140 



2,438 



3,802 



3,078 



4.611 



3,595 



S,5U0 



1 



2i 



1 



*i 



July . . 



8,765 



10,582 



8,045 



9,544 



7,943 



7,414 



7,148 



8,007 



6,259 



5,78f, 



4,464 



9,006 



7,450 



7,91*9 



0 10 



0 



11 



August, 



6,070 



9,151 



5,777 



7,794 



5,474 



4,826 



4,035 



7,028 



6,064 



4,722 



3,968 



6,694 



4,477 



6,09U 



0 



m 



1 



0* 



September, 



691 



628 



611 



636 



356 



326 



311 



670 



610 



421 



328 



659 



750 



526 



2 



0 



2 



0 



Total, . 



27,219 



30,362 



23,407 



26,907 



22,859 



21,101 



18,931 



25,889 



21,919 



18,903 



15,489 



25,364 



22,435 



23,71*9 







It will be observed from this Table that the only month in which 

 the quantity of fish sent to Billingsgate was materially below the 

 corresponding monthly average of the years 1884-93 was the month 



