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Thirty -seventh Annual Report 



Sutherland Highlanders, all of the Head Office Staff ; and Sergeant 

 John Mowat and Lance-Corporal Geo. Craig, Gordon Highlanders, 

 and Private John Sim, Black Watch, of the Outdoor Staff, were killed 

 or died of wounds received in action. All were promising officers, 

 and their loss is deplored. 



RECONSTRUCTION. 



It was always foreseen that on the cessation of hostilities many 

 difficult problems would have to be faced in connection with the re- 

 establishment of the fishing industry, and the question of utilising to 

 the best advantage the unique opportunity which would then be 

 presented of reconstructing and developing the industry on sound 

 lines was the subject of many deliberations. 



In the course of the year under review an exhaustive memorandum 

 on the subject was prepared by the Board's Secretary. This memor- 

 andum was considered by the Board and unanimously adopted l 

 them, and as their views on this question are fully presented therein, 

 it is reprinted as Appendix I. of this Report. 



PART II. 



SALMON FISHERIES. 



The total weight of salmon and sea trout carried by rail and sea 

 in Scotland in 1918 was 1568 tons 13 cwts. This is a low figure, being 

 the lowest but one since records were commenced. The average for 

 the last five years is 1651 tons, so the figure for 1918 is 83 tons below 

 the average. But the quinquennial average is the lowest yet shown, 

 in part possibly owing to its being the quinquennium of the war. 



We have now quinquennial averages for a period of 25 years, and 

 the condition is displayed in the accompanying graph. 



The coast line has been divided into four sections as formerly, 

 and when these are examined, it is evident that the decline has been 

 common to all districts, in the average state, but that in the figures 

 for 1918 a slight increase over the average figures is shown in the 

 Berwick to Cairnbulg district and in the Glasgow to the Border 

 district. The details as to average and also the figures for the last 

 five years are given in the following table : — 



[Table. 



