liv Part I. — Twenty-fifth Annual Bepwt 



Twenty-eight of the boats constructed were first class, 36 second 

 class, and 112 third class. 



All the first class boats were built on the East Coast, and 15 of 

 those consisted of craft of the larger type— measuring 45 feet keel 

 and upwards, and costing on an average £733, and 13 of the 

 smaller type — of 30 to 45 feet keel — of a mean value of £162. 



Of the second class boats — measuring in length of keel from 18 

 to 30 feet — 17 were constructed on the East Coast at a mean cost 

 of £26 ; £15 represents the average value of three built in Orkney ; 

 and 16 were launched from the West Coast building yards at a 

 mean cost of £100. 



Forty-seven of the third class boats — which measure less than 

 18 feet keel — were constructed on the East Coast, 53 in Orkney 

 and Shetland, and 12 on the West Coast, the average cost 

 amounting to £14, £7, and £12 respectively, 

 steam ISome idea may be formed of the vigorous condition of the 



Trawlers. trawling industry from the number and aggregate value of the 

 0 steam trawlers built during the year, which show excesses over the 

 returns for 1905 of 153 and 177 per cent, respectively, and over 

 the averages for the previous decennial period of 98 and 142 per 

 cent. Forty-seven of the vessels were constructed in the district of 

 Aberdeen, at an average cost of £5919 ; £6131 represents the 

 mean value of 30 launched on the Clyde ; while four were built in 

 Montrose district, at an average cost of £6625. 



It is interesting to note that four of the trawl vessels constructed 

 were intended for France, four were in execution of orders received 

 from Germany, and one for Belgium. 



BAEEEL-MAKING. 



Year's Output. 



Composition. 



Allocation. 



Activity in 

 Industry. 



Hooping. 



During the year there were constructed in the cooperages and 

 barrel factories" of Scotland 2,094,014 barrels and 422,080 half- 

 barrels for use in connection with the curing of white herrings, an 

 output exceeding that of the preceding year by 14 and 1 per cent, 

 respectively. 



As has obtained for some years, all the barrels and half-barrels 

 were made of fir, except a very small percentage — amounting, in 

 the case of 1906, to 3 and 2 per cent, respectively — which was 

 constructed of ash, elm, birch, alder, larch, &c. 



Except in the case of a trifling number, all the barrels and half- 

 barrels were manufactured on the East Coast and in Orkney and 

 Shetland : and by far the larger proportions of the output were 

 contributed, in the order named, by the districts of Fraserburgh, 

 Peterhead, Aberdeen, Wick, and Shetland. 



In 1906 there was considerable activity in the barrel-making 

 industry, coopers having been kept fully employed at renumerative 

 wages. In Wick and Buckie the requirements of the trade were 

 beyond the capacity of the available coopers, whose work was 

 accordingly supplemented by the introduction of machinery. 



Without exception, all the barrels and half-barrels made were 

 hooped partly with wooden and partly with iron hoops. 



