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Rejjort on Salmon Fisheries. 



iug Table will be found the numbeis sent in each year since 1834 

 — each box weiohinor about 1 cwt. : — 



Table o\ Boxes 

 of Scottish 

 Salmon sent 

 to Billingsgate 

 Jroni 1834 to 

 inclusive. 



Year. 



Boxes of Salmon. 



Year. 



Boxes of Salmon. 



1834 



30,650 



1866 



21,725 



1835 



42,330 



1867 



23,006 



1836 



24,570 



1868 



28,020 



1837 



32,300 



1869 



20,474 



1838 



21,400 



1870 



20,648 



1839 



16,340 



1871 



23,390 



1840 



15,160 



1872 



24,404 



1841 



28,500 



1873 



30,181 



1842 



39,417 



1874 



32,180 



1843 



30,300 



1875 



20.375 



1844 



28,178 



1876 



34,655 



1845 



31,062 



1877 



28,189 



1846 



25,510 



1878 



26,465 



1847 



20,112 



1879 



13,929 



1848 



•22,525 



1880 



17,457 



1849 



23,690 



1881 



23,905 



1850 



13,940 



1882 



22,968 



1851 



11,593 



1883 



35,506 



1852 



] 3,044 



1884 



27,219 



1853 



19,485 



1885 



30,362 



1854 



23,194 



1886 



23,407 



1855 



18,197 



1887 



26,907 



1856 



15,438 



1888 



22,857 



1857 



18,654 



1889 



21,101 



1858 



21,564 



1890 



18,931 



1859 



15,823 



1891 



25,889 



1860 



15,870 



1892 



21,919 



1861 



12,337 



1893 



18,903 



1862 



22,796 



1894 



15,489 



1863 



24,297 



1895 



25,364 



1864 



22,603 



1896 



22,435 



1865 



19,009 



1897 



16,284 



The monthly return of the number of boxes of Scottish salmon re- 

 ceived at Billingsgate, which, as heretofore, has been kindly furnished 

 by the Fishmongers' Company, shows that the decrease was most 

 marked in the last three months of the season, that the quantity 

 received in Marcli and April was 30 per cent, below the average of 

 the corresponding months in the years 1884-93, and that the only 

 month in which the quantity reached the corresponding monthly 

 average of the years 1884-93 was the month of May. In the follow- 

 ing Table will be found the number of looxes received at Billingsgate 

 monthly, from February to December inclusive, during the years 

 1894 to 1897 inclusive, the average number of boxes received in 

 each month in the years 1884-93, and the average monthly price 

 per lb. in the years 1893-96, and the average price per lb. obtained 

 in each month during 1897: — 



[Table. 



