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country in which the fish are landed. For the two countries the 

 amount is 1,263,795 cwts. and the value £512,662. 



Sailers and Steam Drifters. 



For the first time it has been found necessary to distinguish in 

 the Board's statistics between the herring catches of sailing 

 drifters and steam drifters. This has been necessitated by the 

 remarkable success and the consequent rapid increase in the number 

 of steam propelled vessels engaged in the herring fishing. The 

 following is a statement of the results for 1906 : — 





No. 



Total Catch. 



Total Value. 



Value per 

 Cwt. 







Cwts. 



£ 



s. d. 



Sailing Vessels, 



9669 



3,413,484 



1,058,788 



6 2J 



Steam Drifters, 



545 



1,565,177 



589,771 



7 6* 



The difference in the price per cwt. obtained by the two classes 

 of boats is most striking, and supplies a sufficient explanation of 

 the rapid increase of steam drifters. The difference in price amounts 

 to Is. 4d. per cwt., or 4s. 8d. per cran. This is in addition also to 

 the advantage of being able to proceed more frequently to sea, and 

 being independent of calms. 



Cured Herrings Exported. 



The total 'export of cured herrings for the year was 1,542,688 

 barrels. There was a shortage in exportation proportionate to the 

 decrease, from the previous year, of the herring catch. The 

 exportation was, however, high above the average. As formerly 

 the chief exportation was to Germany and Russia. 



Year. 



*To Germany. 



To Russia. 





Barrels. 



Barrels. 



1897 . 



573,337 



161,572 



1898 . 



1,077,296 



303,088 



1899 . 



714,230 



166,873 



1900 . 



769,126 



172,462 



1901 . 



998,240 



233,129 



1902 . 



1,049,502 



292,987 



1903 . 



794,711 



303,202 



1904 . 



1,095,683 



384,443 



1905 . 



1,057,315 



430,554 



1906 . 



1,025,886 



424,200^ 



* About 50 per cent, of the total quantity of herrings exported to Germany is sent 

 over the frontier to Russia. 



