x Thirtieth Annual Report 



Grants a.nd Loans to Scottish Fishery Harbours. 



Name of 

 Harbour. 



By Development 

 Commissioners. 



By Fishery 

 Board. 



Total 

 Free 

 Grants. 



Total 

 Loans 

 without 

 Interest. 



Total 

 Amount 



to be 

 Applied 

 to Harbour 

 Assistance. 



Free 

 Grant. 



Loon 

 without 

 Interest. 



Free 

 Grant. 



Stonehaven, . 

 Buckie,* . . 

 Wick * . . . 

 PortSeton,* . 



£ 



6,500 

 8,000 

 15,000 

 1,250 



£ 



7,000 

 25,000 



£ 



2 ; 000 

 4,350 



£ 



6,500 

 10,000 



5,600 



7,000 

 25,000 

 15,000 



£ 



13,500 

 35,000 

 15,000 

 5,600 



"69,100 





30,750 



32,000 



6,350 



22,100 



47,000 



* In these cases the Treasury have imposed certain conditions with which it is 

 believed the localities will be able to comply. 



Intelligence. 



The Board system of official telegraphic information between ports 

 at which a herring fishing is in progress was begun in a tentative 

 way in the year 1895, when 3800 telegrams were first issued. Last 

 year the number of telegrams thus sent amounted to 5360. 



The telegrams are despatched daily at noon by the Board's 

 Fishery Officers from their own ports to every other port in Scotland 

 at which a herring fishing is then going on, and in the event of 

 additional infomation of value becoming known later in the day a 

 second telegram is despatched. Upon receipt they are exhibited 

 publicly at the fishmarkets and other public places, where they can 

 readily be seen by all concerned. 



The points on which the telegrams give information are (1) number 

 of arrivals of herring boats, (2) average catch per boat, (3) quality of 

 the fish, (4) range of prices, (5) position of chief fishing grounds, and 

 (6) nature of wind and weather. Duplicates of all these telegrams 

 are at the same time sent to the Head Office in Edinburgh. 



Then at the end of each week telegrams are sent by each District 

 Officer to the Board giving the catch for the week, the quantity 

 cured, the number of barrels branded under each brand, the quantity 

 exported, and the countries to which exported. This information is 

 tabulated, and a statement of the totals for the East Coast, Orkney 

 and Shetland, and the West Caast respectively is sent for publication 

 to the Press. 



A statement is also issued at the end of each month showing the 

 quantity of cured herrings of each description in stock in this 

 country. 



Information is also received from Germany, Holland, Norway, and 

 Sweden giving particulars, in so far as those countries are concerned, 

 of the catch, cure, and export of herrings and other sea-fish, and this 



