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Part I. — Twenty-fifth Annual Report 



Decrease in 

 Quantity. 

 Increase in 

 Value. 



In 1906 the total quantity landed did not equal the catch of 

 either 1904 or 1905, but only in these two years was the catch 

 ever exceeded. But in value — that is, the price paid to the 

 fishermen — the herring fishing of 1906 exceeded the highest 

 previous record (that of 1905) by £306,083. 



The following table gives the result of the herring fishing for 

 a period of ten years : — 









Average 



Year. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Price per 







Cwt. 





Cwts. 







1897 



2,965,965 



£707,555 



4/9} 



1898 



4,703,641 



952,402 



4/0* 

 7/OJ 



1899 



3,207,078 



1,143,296 



1900 



3,520,216 



1,243,407 



V 



1901 



4,338,635 



1,061,034 



4/10} 



1902 



4.753,944 



1,360,492 



5/8i 

 5/9} 



1903 



4,279,485 



1,244,656 



1904 



5,432,494 



1,017,541 



3/9 



1905 



5,342,777 



1,343,080 



5/ . 

 6/7* 



1906 



4,979,848 



1,649,163 



Scottish Boats in England and Ieeiand. 



Year by year the Scottish herring fishermen are extending their 

 operations on the coasts of England and Ireland. The following 

 are the results of the operations of Scottish boats in these 

 countries for the last ten years : — 



Year. 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 



English Fishing. 



No. of Boats. Catch 



592 

 686 

 679 

 910 

 951 

 1009 

 1184 

 996 

 1207 

 1292 



Cwts. 

 757,000 

 628,544 

 822,500 

 1,050,931 

 850,941 

 1,445,797 

 1,166,928 

 1,575,687 

 1,539,672 

 1,210,236 



Value. 



£ 



122,860 

 78,426 

 242,460 

 259,436 

 197,126 

 356,428 

 213,462 

 249,974 

 485,278 

 477,106 



Irish Fishing, 



No. of Boats. 



61 

 48 



58 

 104 

 158 

 218 

 280 

 439 

 307 



Catch. 



Cwts. 



12,000 



37,005 



17,500 



31,150 



45,619 



35,157 



60,928 



59,830 



59,646 



53,559 



Value. 



£ 



2,700 

 6,595 

 6,240 

 9,490 

 15,718 

 12,456 

 21,967 

 22,035 

 30,780 

 35,556 



The above figures are not included in the statistics already given 

 of the Scottish fisheries. Though the fish are taken by Scottish 

 boats the returns arc included in the fishery statistics of the 



