XX 
Eighth Annual Report of the 
Particulars of 
herrings 
branded. 
Comparison of 
brandings with 
No. IV. Appendix A, shows the total number of barrels of white 
herrings which were branded in Scotland last year, and of the 
brandings in each district. This Appendix also shows the respective 
numbers of barrels which were branded 'Full,' ' Maties,' 'Spent, 
and ' P,' or ' Mixed,' and the amount of brand fees collected. 
It will be seen from that Table that in the year 1889, as com- 
pared with 1888, there was a decrease of 42,235 barrels in the 
quantity of herrings branded 'Full,' although the number of 
barrels cured was much greater than in the latter year, which shows 
that the herrings of last year were of an inferior quality. The 
quantity branded ' Maties ' shows the very large increase of 
133,733 barrels, the quantity branded 
barrels, and the quantity branded 'P, 
2657J barrels. 
Spent,' a decrease of 22,850 
or ' Mixed,' an increase of 
HEKKINGS EXPOETED. 
Quantity of 1 
cured herrings 
on ported. 
Places to 
which 
exported. 
Exports in 
1888 and 1889 
compared. 
Particulars of 
barrels 
cxp or Led. 
The total quantity of cured herrings exported from Scotland in 
1889 amounted to 970,175f barrels, against 774,193 barrels in 
1888, being an increase of 195,982f barrels. 
It will be seen from the subjoined Table that Germany and other 
places on the Continent imported 196,693 J barrels more than in 
the previous year, and that the demand from Ireland was less by 
1385J barrels. Places out of Europe took 675 barrels more than 
in 1888, a great proportion of which went to America, chiefly in 
barrels, half-barrels, quarter-barrels, eighth-barrels, and sixteenth- 
barrels. A number of the barrels and half-barrels were branded 
' Crown Full.' All the smaller sizes, however, consisted of repacked 
herrings, and amounted to about one half of the total export to 
America. The chief ports from which these herrings were shipped 
were, Greenock, Leith, and Aberdeen. Besides these, which form 
only a small portion of the Scottish herrings that enter the 
American market, a large quantity which had been exported to 
Hamburg were repacked there into small kegs, and reshipped to 
America. Stettin, being the principal herring market of Germany, 
took the largest portion of the quantity exported to that country, 
amounting to 319,170f barrels. 
The following table shows the number of barrels of cured herrings 
exported from Scotland in the years 1888 and 1889 : — 
Years. 
To Ireland. 
To the 
Continent. 
To Places 
out of 
Europe. 
Total Number 
of Barrels 
Exported. 
1888, .... 
1889, .... 
34,038| 
32,653 
735,2304 
931,9233 
4,924 
5,599 
774,193 
970,175| 
Increase in 1889, . 
196,693| 
675 
195,982| 
Decrease in 1889, . 
1,385! 
No. V. Appendix A, shows the total number of barrels of white 
herrings exported from Scotland last year ; and the districts from 
