Fishery Board for Scotland. 
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The Twenty-Six Fishery Districts. 
Eyemouth, 
Leith, 
Anstruther, 
Montrose, 
Stonehaven, 
Aberdeen, 
Peterhead, 
Fraserburgh, 
Banff, . 
Buckie, . 
Findhorn, 
Cromarty, 
Helmsdale, 
Lybster, . 
Wick, . 
Orkney Isles, 
Shetland Isles, 
Stornoway, 
Loch Broom, 
Loch Carron and Skye, 
Fort- William, 
Campbeltown, 
Inveraray, 
Rothesay, 
Greenock, 
Ballantrae, 
Year 1888, 
Barrels 
Cured. 
Totals, 
44,573 
5,316 
9,942 
34,670 
22,624 
101,877 
128,571 
170,600 
24,426 
31,040 
22,592 
3,187 
30,248 
7,428 
113,706 
22,592 
99,221£ 
131,803 
1,413 
30,757 
986 
49,232 
21,134 
1,238 
9,696 
Year 1889, 
Barrels 
Cured. 
56,305 
2,498 
9,261 
50,580 
13,410 
132,968 
228,933 
308,121 
33,612 
47,922 
30,205 
4,949 
22,958 
13,939 
151,273 
29,917 
47,006 
81,520 
5,321 
40,427 
969 
45,883 
31,148 
594 
7,788 
1,118,8724 
1,397,507 
Increase 
in 1889. 
11,732 
15,910 
31,091 
100,362 
137,521 
9,186 
16,882 
7,613 
1,762 
6,511 
37,567 
7,325 
3,908 
9,670 
10,014 
407,054 
Decrease 
in 1889. 
2,818 
681 
9,214 
7,290 
52,2154 
50,283 
17 
3,349 
"644 
1,908 
128,4194 
Totals of 
increases or 
decreases. 
These statistics show that the total quantity of herrings cured in Net increase 
1889, on both the East and West Coasts, was greater than in 1888 ^ 8 \ 88 £ n ° d v ?£ 
by 278,634f barrels ; and the returns for the fifty years preceding crease^nri^g 
last year, on the average of each period of ten years, show a con- preceding fifty 
tinuous large increase. The following statement gives the parti- years ' 
culars of this increase : — 
Period of Ten Years. 
Average Number 
of Barrels Cured 
Yearly in each 
Period. 
Increase in 
Average Number 
of Barrels Cured 
Yearly in each 
Period. 
Increase per cent. 
in Average 
Number of Barrels 
Cured Yearly in 
each Period. 
1839 to 1848 inclusive, 
1849 ,, 1858 „ 
1859 ,, 1868 
1869 „ 1878 
1879 „ 1888 „ 
532,512£ 
612,922^ 
644,949| 
834,209| 
1,298,348^ 
80,'410£ 
32,0274 
189,260 
464,138| 
15-06 
5*22 
29-34 
55*63 
Barrels Cured in 1889, . 1,397,507 
Yearly average 
increase in 
periods of ten 
years. 
A general view may be formed of the immense importance and Value of 
value of the herring fishery to not only those engaged in this ^ rT ^ g 1 ^ f eiy 
industry but to the people generally, from an examination of the Scotland! ° 
above statement. The total quantity of herrings cured in 1889, 
when compared with the average of the preceding ten years, shows 
