xlvi Part I. — Twenty-fifth Annual Report 



Ling-curing. 



Tusk and 

 Saithe. 



Haddocks. 



Mackerel. 



Aberdeen is also the headquarters of the ling-curing industry. 

 The total quantity cured was 26,822 cwts., made up of 14,322 cwts. 

 dried, 12,500 cwts. smoked or filleted — both declines from 1905. 



A decrease is also exhibited in the return of tusk cured, the total 

 being 2518 cwts., a falling-off from the 1905 returns of 2255 cwts. 

 Saithe cured also show a decline in the quantity dried, but an 

 improvement in that smoked or filleted. 



Haddock-curing is now an important industry, particularly at 

 Aberdeen, the total quantity smoked last year being 292,582 cwts., 

 which is a falling-off from the preceding year's return of 47,851 

 cwts. Slight increases are shown in the quantities dried and pickled. 



The curing of mackerel is practically confined to the district of 

 Barra, 1304 out of 1389 barrels cured in pickle being accounted for 

 there, and the remainder by Loch Carron district. One-half of the 

 quantity cured was disposed of for local consumption, and the 

 remainder was exported to the United States, where it realised an 

 average price of ten dollars per barrel. 



The following Table shows the quantity of fish, other than 

 herrings, cured annually since 1898, viz.: — 





Cod. 



Ling. 



Tusk. 



Saithe. 



Haddocks. 



Mack- 

 erel 



Year. 



Cwts. 

 Dried. 



Cwts. 

 Smoked 



Barrels 

 Pickled. 



Cwts. 

 Dried. 



Cwts. 

 Smoked 



Cwts. 

 Dried. 



Cwts. 

 Smoked 



Cwts. 

 Dried. 



Cwts. 

 Smoked 



Cwts 

 Smoked. 



Cwts. 

 Dried. 



Cwts. 

 Pickled. 



Barrels 

 Pickled 



1898 



44,864 



1,724 



7,350 



22,157 





2,399 





20,725 



- 



264,606 









1899 



40,517 



1,634 



7,865 



29,149 



_ 



2,425 





23,747 





283,883 









1900 



40,813 



2,882 



4,744 



28,130 



- 



1,570 





15 : 492 





282,161 









1901 



36,393 



14,995 



4,875 



23.191 



4,127 



2,676 





14,472 





322,596 









1902 



42,046 



23,001 



2,821 



13,363 



9,350 



1,991 





17,283 





337,677 





- 





1903 



48,626 



23,396 



1,290 



10,137 



5,000 



1,601 





15,272 





381,156 





- 





1904 



60,693 



110,737 



2.147 



15,714 



2,000 



2,019 





18.S31 





386,604 



6,809 



6,549 



830 



1905 



65,709 



154,353 



1,200 



21,102 



15,290 



3.395 



1,378 



19,406 



15,960 



340,433 



11,709 





1,473 



1906 



S1.967 



124,522 



1,741 



i 



14,322 



12,500 



1,993 



525 



13,983 



18,000 



292,582 



13,512 



626 



1,389 



Value of Cod xhe value of the fish (other than herrings) which was cured is 

 dock, &c d " estimated at £787,442, an increase of nearly £4000 over the return 

 Cared. for 1905. The total was made up of £642,005 for smoked fish. 



£140,025 for dried, and £5412 for pickled fish. 



The prices for dried cod and ling varied from £22 to £26 a ton. 

 Total Value of The grand total \<alue of all fish cured reached the record figure 

 ail Cured Fish. of £3^332,784, or £319,840 more than the previous record, which 

 was reached in 1905. The districts contributing most largely to the 

 aggregate were Aberdeen (£938,068), Peterhead (£339,189), Fraser- 

 burgh (£334,722), Eyemouth (£166,701), and Wick (£157,747) on 

 the East Coast; and Shetland (£909,483) and Orkney (£121,805); 

 and the districts of Barra (£110,834), Stornoway (£88,255), and 

 Oreenock (£31,431) on the West Coast. (Appendix E, No. IV.) 



