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Fourth Anmial Report of the 



Boats 



employed in 

 Herring 

 Fisliery in 

 selected week. 



Boats and 

 Vessels, 

 Fishermen, and 

 other persoiiS 

 employed in 

 1884 and 1885. 



Increase in 

 Boats and 

 Fishermen ; 

 decrease in 

 other persons. 



Capital 

 employed in 

 1884 and 18«5. 



Increase in 

 1885. 



Cause of 

 Increase in 

 Capital. 



Details of 

 Boats, 

 Vessels, &c., 

 and Capital 

 employed 



fishermen and boys by whom they were manned; of coopers, gutters, 

 packers, and labourers employed at the said fishery in the week 

 so selected ; and the total number of all such fishermen and other 

 persons so employed. 



The following table shows the number of boats, decked and 

 undecked, and beam trawl vessels employed in the herring and 

 other sea fisheries of Scotland ; the number of fishermen and boys 

 by whom they were manned ; the number of fishcurers, coopers, 

 and other persons employed, in the years 1884 and 1885 : — 



Years. 



Fishing Boats 



and Beam 

 Trawl Vessels. 



Fishermen 

 and Boys. 



Fish- 

 curers. 



Coopers. 



Other 

 Persons 

 (estimated). 



1884, . 



1885, . 



15,445 

 1.5,532 



49,860 

 51,097 



1,062 

 1,130 



2,809 

 2,806 



48,832 

 46,004 



Increase in 188.5, . 

 Decrease in 1885, . 



87 



1,237 



68 



3 



2,828 



To connection with the above statistics it may be noted that 

 year after year the number of boats and beam trawl vessels, 

 and fishermen employed in the sea fisheries, continues to increase, 

 thus showing a progressive development of the fishing industry. 



The amount of capital employed last year in boats, beam trawl 

 vessels, nets, and lines, was greater than in 1884. The particulars 

 of this increase are given in the following table : — 



Years. 



Value (estitoated). 



Boats and 

 Beam Trawl 

 Vessels. 



Nets. 



Lines. 



Total. 



1884, . 



1885, . 



Increase in 1885, 



£902,197 

 923,956 



£783,589 

 784,726 



£117,100 

 119,764 



£1,802,886 

 1,828,446 



£21,759 



£1,137 



£2,664 



£25,560 



The increase in 1885, shown above, was chiefly due, as in the pre- 

 ceding year, to the additional capital invested in the largest class of 

 fishing boats and beam trawl vessels, which are now so extensively 

 used, with their more expensive equipment and fishing material. 



Table IT. Appendix D, shows the number and tonnage of boats, 

 decked and undecked, and beam trawl vessels, employed in the 

 herring and other sea fisheries of Scotland last year, with the 

 districts to which they belong ; the number of fishermen and boys 

 by whom they were manned; the number of fish-curers, coopers, 



