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Thirtieth Annual Report 



Products. 



1911. 



Weight. 



V alue. 



Average 



Price 

 per Ton. 



Ions. 



2,11U 

 317i 

 180| 



1,183$ 



£ 



40,191 

 2,3921 

 704| 

 9,072 

 2,321 



£ s. 



19 1 

 7 11 

 3 18 

 7 13 



51 14 



175 



4,250 

 £58,9311 



24 6 



Weight. 



1910. 



Value. 



Oil, 



Cattle Food, 

 Bone meal, 

 Manure, 

 Whalebone, 

 Salted Meat, 

 Spermaceti, 



Tons. 



3,007 

 629 

 31H 



1,234" 

 591 



9J 

 36' 



£ 



50,796 

 4,643 

 1,154 

 6,164 

 4,577 

 105 

 1,020 



£68,459 



The above table shows that there was an increase in the market 

 price of every commodity except whalebone and spermaceti. The 

 decline in the price of the former was due to the absence from the 

 catch of the Northcaper (A tlantic right whale), which is the only 

 species whose whalebone approaches in value that of the Greenland 

 whale. The drop in the price of spermaceti was probably due to the 

 increased supply. Salted whale-meat was apparently not in demand 

 in 1911, none having been prepared. The average value of each 

 whale captured was £117, as compared with £111 in the preceding 

 year. 



The principal market for whale-oil in Great Britain is Glasgow, 

 and on the Continent, Hamburg, and it may be of interest to state 

 that the world's total production in 1911 was 600,000 barrels — twice 

 as much as in the preceding year. 



PART II. 



SALMON FISHERIES. 



During the past season, 1911, the take of salmon throughout 

 Scotland shows an increase of 351 tons as compared with the return 

 for the previous year. From the returns as to the weight of salmon 

 carried by the railways in Scotland, it appears that 2220 tons 4 cwt. 

 represents the total for the year. The 1910 total practically cor- 

 responded with the figure of the last quinquennial average, so that the 

 improvement reported now is an improvement on the quinquennial 

 average. As formerly, the coastal area of the country has been 

 divided into four sections', viz. : — Berwick to Cairnbulg Point, at the 

 entrance of the Moray Firth ; the second, from this point to Cape 

 Wrath ; then from Cape Wrath to Glasgow ; and finally, from 

 Glasgow to the limits of the Annan district in the Solway. 



The following summary gives the three last quinquennial averages 

 and the total weight of salmon carried during the three last seasons, 

 the details being separated into the four districts already referred to : — 



