THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



TO THE EIGHT HONOURABLE 



SIR GEORGE 0. TREVELYAN, Bart., 



Her Majesty's Secretary for Scotland. 



Office of The Fishery Board 

 for Scotland, 



Edinburgh, 1st May 1895. 



Sir, 



In continuation of our Thirteenth Annual Report, 

 we have the honour to submit — 



PART II.— REPORT ON SALMON FISHERIES. 



The fishing season for 1894, judged by the number of boxes of Salmon Fish- 

 salmon sent to Billingsgate, was below the average of the previous ™|p of 

 sixty-one years. During that period the greatest number of boxes average, 

 sent in any one year was 42,330 in 1835 ; the smallest number 

 being 11,593. in 1851. The number of boxes sent in 1894 was 

 15,489, or nearly 35 per cent, below the average of the previous 

 ten years. In the following Table will be found the number of 

 boxes of salmon sent to Billingsgate in each year since 1834, each 

 box weighing about 1 cwt. : — 



