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Decrease in 1885 from 1884 ------ xxix 



Increase on average of five years - - - - - xxix 



Decrease on East Coast, but increase on West Coast - - - xxix 



Kesults of 1884 and 1885 compared ----- xxix 



Increase in 1885 on average of preceding ten years - - - xxx 



WEATHER AND DISASTERS AT SEA. 



Weather and Disasters at Sea - - - - ^ - xxx 



Importance of Weather - xxx 



Occasional Fogs and Calms - - - - - - xxx 



Two violent Gales xxx 



Loss of Life and Property ------ xxx 



126 persons drowned ------- xxx 



Boats wrecked and damaged ------ xxx 



Amount of loss in Boats and in Fishing Material . - - xxx 



EAST COAST HERRING FISHERY. 



East Coast Herring Fishery ------ xxxi 



Seventeen East Coast Districts . . . . _ xxxi 



Eyemouth District — Boundary of District — Unproductive Fishing — 

 Boisterous Weather — Number of Boats — Best Week — Duration of 

 Fishing — Large takes of Mackerel in Herring Nets — Herrings of 

 poor quality — Prices of fresh Herrings — Storm and loss of Netting 

 — 33 Steam Tugs employed towing Boats - - - - xxxi 



Leith District — Boundary of District — Summer Fishing — Particulars 



thereof — Winter Fishing — Its prosperity — Grounds fished - - xxxi 



Anstruther District — Boundary of District — 575 First-class Boats — 

 Nearly all fished elsewhere — Summer Fishing moderately success- 

 ful — Particulars thereof — Great success of Winter Fishing — Disposal 

 of Herrings — Railway Carriage more than paid for Fish — Grounds 

 fished xxxii 



Montrose District — Boundary of District — Number of Boats — Pro- 

 gress of Fishing — Best Weeks— Average Catch — Most productive 

 Grounds — Averages at the Stations — Quality very poor — Winter 

 Fishing unsuccessful xxxii 



Stonehaven District — Boundary of District — Number of Boats — Aver- 

 age Catch of Fleet — Particulars of Fishing — Quality of Herrings — 

 Grounds fished — Weather — Five Fishermen drowned — Winter 

 Fishing xxxiii 



Aberdeen District — Boundary of District — Scottish, English, and 

 Irish Boats — Progress of Fishing — Steam Fishing Boats — Produce 

 of Season — Unfavourable weather and its results — Boat foundered 

 and Crew perished ------- XAXiii 



Peterhead District — Boundary of District — Number of Boats at the 

 different Stations — Average Catch — Small Herrings — Early Fishing 

 discouraged — Progress of Fishing — Great Shoals on In-shore 

 Grounds — High average Takes — Storm on 13th August — Quality 

 of Herrings better than in 1884 — Deep-sea Fishing — Barrels cured 

 in 1884 and 1885 .,--->- xxxiv 



