of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



brand as having reached the standard set up in the branding regula- 

 tions. The quantity exported to Europe was 1,162,086 barrels, to 

 Ireland 3554 barrels, to England 2582 barrels, and to places out of 

 Europe, chiefly America, 75,005 barrels. (Appendix E, No. IL, p. 138.) 



In Germany, Austria, and Eussia cured herrings form the staple 

 food of the peasantry. They are usually consumed in a raw state 

 with potatoes. Our best customers are the Germans and the Russians, 

 as between them they import fully 96 per cent, of our export. A 

 large proportion of the export to Germany is, however, conveyed 

 to Russian and Austrian towns by rail, canal, and river. The number 

 of barrels sent to German ports last year was 794,219, and to Russia 

 direct 655,814 — both decreases from the figures for 1910. (Appendix 

 E, No. III., p. 141.) 



The principal entrepot in Germany was Stettin, which took 313,783 

 barrels, the ports next in importance being Konigsberg (183,109), 

 Hamburg (178,082), and Dantzig (119,243), while in Russia 296,649 

 barrels went to St. Petersburg, 257,653 barrels to Libau, and 60,830 

 barrels to Riga. 



The direct trade with Russia has developed much more rapidly 

 relatively than that with Germany, notwithstanding the fact that 

 the duty imposed in the former is 13s. per barrel and in the latter 

 only 3s. 



Scottish herrings compete with those of Norway and Holland in the 

 neutral (and principal) markets on equal terms as regards tariff. 

 The export to Germany and Russia (direct) during the last 12 years 



Year. 



Germany.* 



Russia. 



1900 . 



769,126 



172,462 



1901 . 



998,240 



233,129 



1902 . 



. 1,049,502 



292,987 



1903 . 



794,711 



303,202 



1904 . 



. 1,095,683 



384,443 



1905 . 



. 1,057,315 



430,554 



1906 . 



. 1,025,886 



424,200 



1.907 . 



. 1,186,100 



627,100 



1908 . 



. 1,001,645 



616,497 



1909 . 



786,682 



574,307 



1909 . 



786,682 



574,307 



1910 . 



982,360 



732,345 



1911 . 



794,219 



655,814 



* Include herrings for Austria and Russia sent overland. 



The prospects for the coming season are very bright, as the stock 

 of herrings remaining in the hands of importers at the date of writing 

 is practically exhausted, and the winter herring fishings have been 

 a comparative failure. 



The quantity of lightly sprinkled or iced herrings sent to the 

 Continent, principally for tinning purposes, was 25,843 barrels. 

 (Appendix E, No. II., p. 138.) 



