PART II— REPORT ON SALMON FISHERIES. 
The Salmon Fishery season of 1889 was not a successful one 
either for nets or rods, the season having been exceptionally dry. 
Only 21,101 boxes of salmon were sent to Billingsgate, the smallest 
number since 1880. 
The following Table gives the number of boxes of Scotch salmon 
sent to Billingsgate market, in each year from 1834 to 1889, both 
years inclusive. 
Year. 
JtJoxes oi ocotcn 
Salmon. 
Year. 
Boxes of Scotch 
OlLII UUI1. 
1834 
30,650 
1862 
22,796 
1835 
42,330 
1863 
24,297 
1836 
24,570 
1864 
22,603 
1837 
32,300 
1865 
19,009 
1838 
21,400 
1866 
21,725 
1839 
16,340 
1867 
23,006 
1840 
15,160 
1868 
28,020 
1841 
28,500 
1869 
20,474 
1842 
39,417 
1870 
20,648 
1843 
30,300 
1871 
23,390 
1844 
28,178 
1872 
24,404 
1845 
31,062 
1873 
30,181 
1846 
25,510 
1874 
32,180 
1847 
20,112 
1875 
20,375 
1848 
22,525 
1876 
34,655 
1849 
23,690 
1877 
28,189 
1850 
13,940 
1878 
26,465 
1851 
11,593 
1879 
13,929 
1852 
13,044 
1880 
17,457 
1853 
19,485 
1881 
23,905 
1854 
23,194 
1882 
22,968 
1855 
18,197 
1883 
35,506 
1856 
15,438 
1884 
27,219 
1857 
18,654 
1885 
30,362 
1858 
21,564 
1886 
23,407 
26,907 
1859 
15,823 
1887 
1860 
15,870 
1888 
22,857 
1861 
12,337 
1889 
21,101 
Salmon Fish- 
ing Season 
of 1889 not a 
successful one. 
Table of Boxes 
of Scotch Sal- 
mon sent to 
Billingsgate 
from 1834 to 
1889, both 
inclusive 
During the first 7 years in the above Table, the average 
number of boxes of Scotch salmon sent from Scotland to Billings- 
gate was 26,107; during the second septennial period 29,011; 
during the third period ending in 1854, 18,210 ; from 1855 to 
1861, 16,840; from 1862 to 1868, 23,065; from 1869 to 1875, 
24,521; from 1876 to 1882, both inclusive, 23,938; and during 
the last septennial period, from 1883 to 1889, both inclusive, 
26,765 boxes. The best year in the Table was 1835, when 42,330 
