Report on Salmon Fisheries. 



vii 



iMouth 



i go- 



February, 

 March, 

 April, . 

 May, . 

 June, . 



July, . 



August, 

 September, 



Do., 

 October, 

 Novembei-, 

 December, 



818 

 1,071 

 1,416 

 ^2,335 

 3,540 

 7,949 

 0,094 



5:26 



Total, 



23,749 



1894. 



327 

 692 

 887 

 1,745 

 3,078 

 4,464 

 3,968 

 328 



1895 



400 

 1,207 

 1,160 

 2,567 

 4,611 

 9,066 

 5,694 



659 



1896. 



822 

 1,385 

 1,580 

 2,376 

 3.595 

 7,450 

 4,477 



750 



15,489 



25,364 



22,435 



1897. 



773 

 724 

 1,038 

 2,311 

 3,127 

 5,081 

 3,001 

 213 

 *6 

 *9 



'^1 



16,284 



9 fct . . 



>^<y!= 



d. 



94 



s. 



1 

 1 

 1 



1 

 1 



0 111 



1 1 

 1 10 



4^ 



s. .1. 



2 0^ 



2 5 



2 



1 



1 



1 



1 



2 

 *1 

 *] 



6 



4 

 5 

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Table of Boxes 

 of Scottish 

 Salmon sent 

 to Billingsgate 

 in each month. 



* Frozen salmon. 



The value of the sahnon sent from Scotland to Billingsgate 

 during 1897 compares favourably with the returns of former years. 

 If it is assumed tliat each box contains 1 cwt. of salmon, the value of 

 the salmon delivered there in 1897 would amount to £139,405 9s. 4d., 

 or, on an average, £8 lis. 2|-d. per cwt., whereas the average annual 

 value in the years 1893-96 inclusive was £137,915 lis. 2d., or £6 14s. 

 ll^d. per cwt. Thus, although the number of boxes delivered at 

 Billingsgate during 1897 was 4,264 less than the average number 

 delivered annually in the period 1893-96, there was an increase of 

 £1,489 18s. 2d. in their value. 



The returns furnished by the Scottish railway companies and ^^^^^^^^ 

 steamship owners regarding the weight of the boxes of salmon Salmon 

 forwarded by them in 1897 show that the quantity carried was {■^^^'^^^^1^^^, 

 34 per cent, less than the average return for each of the three stations, Ports, 

 previous years for which similar information is available. The 

 most marked decrease appears to have been in the district between 

 Cape A¥rath and Glasgow^ where the weight of the boxes forwarded 

 was 45 per cent, below the average ; in each of the two districts 

 between Berwick and Cape Wrath it was 33 per cent.; while from 

 Glasgow to the Border it was 21 per cent. These returns have 

 been embodied in the following Table : — 



District. 



1894. 



1895. 



1896. 



1897. 



Weight. 



Weight. 



Weight. 



Weight. 



Tons. 



Cwts. 



Qrs. 



Lbs. 



Tons. 



Cwts. 



Qrs. 



Lbs. 



Tons. 



Cwts. 



Qrs. i Lbs. 



Tons. 



Cwts. 



Qrs. 



Lbs. 



Berwick to Cairn- 























1 











bulg Point, 



963 



8 



2 



23 



1,834 



1 



3 



24 



1,583 



6 



1 1 • 26 



987 



.5 



1 



4 



Cairnbiilg Point 































to CapeWratli, 



729 



2 



3 



17 



1,492 



12 





7 



987 



13 



1 8 



717 



4 





7 



Cape Wrath to 































Glasgow, . . 



471 



13 



3 



4 



576 



7 





10 



414 





3 j 5 



270 



15 





1 



Glasgow to the 

































Border, . . . 



273 



6 







326 







17 



293 



3 



.. ' 1 



219 



8 





21 



Total, . . . 



2,437 



11 



1 



16 



4,229 



1 



2 



2 



3,278 





.! 



-',194 



12 



2 





