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Appendices to Eighth Annual Report 
APPENDIX A.— No. VII. 
STANDARD BARRELS FOR CURED WHITE HERRINGS. 
— List of Queries issued by the Fishery Board for Scotland, to 
the Scottish Fishcuring Trade, in regard to Standard Barrels 
and Half-Barrels for Packing, Shipping, or Exporting Cured 
White Herrings. 
LIST OF QUERIES. 
1. Do you approve of a standard size of barrel or half-barrel 1 ? 
2. Are the standard sizes of 26f gallons Imperial measure for a barrel, 
and 13 J gallons Imperial measure for a half-barrel, suitable 1 ? 
3. If not, what capacity in gallons, Imperial measure, would be more 
suitable for barrels or half-barrels 1 
4. Should a fourth, or any other fractional, part of a barrel, be required 
to fulfil a certain standard size ? 
5. If so, what capacity in gallons, Imperial measure, should it be? 
6. Are any special sizes for barrels, half-barrels, or other fractional parts 
of barrels, desirable for export to the United States, or elsewhere ? 
7. If so, what should their respective capacities in gallons, Imperial 
measure, be 1 
8. Do you consider it desirable to amend the present rules regarding 
any of the three permissible forms of hooping 1 
9. If so, state in what way you think the amendation should be made ? 
(a) Hooping entirely with wooden hoops. 
(b) Hooping entirely with iron hoops. 
(c) Hooping partly with wooden hoops and partly with iron hoops. 
10. Would you approve of the officers being empowered to measure and 
stamp barrels before being used, on payment of |d. to Id. per barrel, to 
be deducted from the branding fee % 
11. Please express your opinion on any point relating to barrels or 
half-barrels or other measure for cured white herrings which is not dealt 
with in any of the foregoing queries. 
