of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Average Number of 

 Barrels Cured. 



Minimum Quantity of Barrels 

 Cured in the Decade. 



Maximum Quantity of Barrels 

 Cured in the Decade. 



Period. 













Total. 







Total. 





On 



On 



Total. 



On 



On 







On 



On 









Vessels 



Shore. 



Vessels 



Shore. 



Year. 



Quan- 

 tity. 



Vessels 



Shore. 



Year, 



Quan- 

 tity. 



1809-1818 

 1819-1828 

 1829-1838 

 1839-1848 

 1849-1858 

 1859-1868 

 1869-1878 

 1879-1888 

 1889-1898 

 1899-1906 



1,959 

 1,673 



925 

 3,066 

 3,930 

 2,979 

 7,205 

 15,039 



476 

 7 



4,354 

 1,830 

 3,506 

 4,568 

 21,059 

 27,669 

 12,859 

 19,328 

 4,887 

 1,648 



6,313 

 3,503 

 4,431 

 7,634 

 24,989 

 30,648 

 20,064 

 34,367 

 5,363 

 1,655 



396 

 381 

 354 

 303 

 450 

 412 

 1,098 

 10 



1,688 

 998 

 1,453 

 2,922 

 11,804 

 13,593 

 5,785 

 6,754 

 116 

 184 



1809 

 1825 

 1831 

 1839 

 1852 

 1864 

 1874 

 1887 

 1895 

 1904 



2,084 

 1,712 

 2,260 

 3,225 

 12,254 

 15,805 

 7,135 

 15,818 

 116 

 184 



3,014 

 4,311 

 1,959 

 4,845 

 9,155 

 8,446 

 18,056 

 32,888 

 2,709 

 38 



9,057 

 4,274 

 7,444 

 6,567 

 31,005 

 46,715 

 30,838 

 55,359 

 30,702 

 3,185 



1815 

 1819 

 1838 

 1846 

 1851 

 1862 

 1869 

 1882 

 1889 

 1903 



12,034 

 6,766 

 7.904 

 10,003 

 35,325 

 55,161 

 39,214 

 84,854 

 30,702 

 3,185 



At some of the enquiries which were held in former years as to the 

 prosperity of the herring fishery in the Clyde and Loch Fyne, various 

 statistics were submitted on behalf of the Fishery Board showing the 

 fluctuations in the quantities of herrings taken over considerable periods. 

 Some of them are for different series of years than those referred to above, 

 and as they appear to have been derived from more detailed information than 

 is available in the published Annual Reports, they may be here given. In 

 the report of the Royal Commission on " Trawling " for herrings, pub- 

 lished in 1863, it is stated that the general annual average of herrings 

 taken in Loch Fyne for each five years from the year 1834 to 1862 was 

 as* follows : — 



Years. Average Quantity Maximum. Minimum. 

 (Barrels). 



1834-1838 17,869 — — 



1839-1843 20,119 — — 



1844-1848 15,427 17,610 13,816 



1849-1853 19,149 32,726 10,630 



1854-1858 25,744 31,423 16,999 



1859-1862 42,165 79,893 20,246 



In a more detailed return for the year 1844 to 1862, published in the 

 same report, and also referring to herrings caught in Loch Fyne, the 

 quantity cured is distinguished from the quantity used fresh, and the 

 total for each year is given, as follows : — 



Year. 



Cured. 



Used Fresh. 



Total Caught 



1844 



6,986 



6,830 



13,816 



1845 



, 6,923 



7,825 



14,748 



1846 



7,210 



10,400 



17,610 



1847 



4,403 



11,000 



15,403 



1848 



5,060 



10,500 



15,560 



1849 . ... 



3,759 



12,115 



15,874 



1850 



3,183 



11,785 



14,968 



1851 



9,884 



22,842 



32,726 



1852 



3,440 



7,190 



10,630 



