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at £280,424, 16s., were consumed in Great Britain and Ireland, Quantity and 
$2,653 barrels being cured and exported to Ireland, and about ™nsumed nT 
20,000 barrels cured and disposed of in Great Britain, valued at the United 
£31,225, 9s., which gives the total value of herrings consumed in Kingdom, 
the United Kingdom as £311,650, 3s. 937,523 barrels of cured Quantity of 
herrings were exported to foreign countries. The 350,531 crans exported™^ 
consumed in the United Kingdom were of the following description, Different 
viz., fresh, 137,196 crans ; kippers, 74,600 crans ; bloaters and lightly kinds of 
smoked reds, 8948 crans; preserved in tins, 16,923 crans; slightly C o™med. 
salted and in bulk, 104,421 crans (a large proportion of which were 
made into kippers and bl mters in other parts of the Kingdom) ; and 
red herrings for use at home and abroad, 8443 crans. A consider- increase in 
able increase is observed yearly in the quantity of herrings kippered Spperedand 
and preserved in tins. The best fish were generally used for making preserved in 
into fresh kippers, &c, and realised about 16s. per cran, while the tms * 
best cured, which were valued at 13s. per barrel, besides the cost 
of cure, were sent to Ireland, where they are in demand. Most of Small herrings 
the small herrings are sent to the Continent, being largely consumed J^* n *° Con " 
in "Poland, Russia, and Austria. 
The Board have had under consideration the question of intro- New crown 
ducim; new crown brands during the season of 1890, in the hope brands u " der 
i t o ri . • i i ill • i • i consideration. 
that the standard quality or Scottish branded herrings may b3 raised. 
Of the total quantity of cod, ling, and hake landed last year, Returns of 
145,661 cwts. were cured dried, and 6920 barrels pickled, show- hate^Lries 
ing an increase, as compared with the previous year, of 8445 in 1889, as 
cwts. dried, but a decrease of 132 barrels in the quantity pickled. 5g£s pared with 
The quantity of dried cod exported was 108,698 cwts., being an 
increase of 20,598 cwts. over 1888. No pickled cod was exported 
last year. 
The total quantity of white fish landed and used in a fresh state Total quantity 
amounted to 1,977,357 cwts., against 1,901,439 cwts. in 1888, ^^fi^ 
showing an increase of 75,918 cwts. The returns of white fish state. r 8 
continue to iucrease, those of last year being higher than any of 
the preceding live years during which returns have been collected. 
The greatest increase was in cod, herrings, eels, and lemon soles. 
The total value of white fish landed and sold for consumption Aggregate 
fresh was £744,351, being an increase over the previous year of value th ere°f, 
£27,294. The total value of shell-fish landed was £63,201— a fish. ° Se 
decrease of £8527 under 1888. Thus the total value of both 
white fish used fresh and shell-tish was £807,552, — an aggregate 
increase of £18,767 over 1888. 
When the weather permitted, the white fishing was regu larly white fishing 
prosecuted throughout the year, generally with satisfactory results. successful - 
Haddocks were taken in large quantities, from 1J to 6 miles off the 
shore, during a period of about seven weeks, after which they began 
to spawn. No large shoals seem to have entered the Firth of Forth. 
The improvement in the quality of haddocks (referred to in the 
Eeport tor 1888) was still more marked last year, particularly in 
those taken along the Berwick and Aberdeen coasts, the fish being 
large, and of superior quality. The demand for fresh fish was 
fairly good throughout the year, although prices were slightly lower 
than iu recent years. 
