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Yearly average of barrels cured in periods of ten years - xxxi 
Total increase in herrings cured on West Coast - ■ - xxxi 
Six districts show an increase and two a decrease - - - xxxi 
General view of fishing - - -= - - - xxxi 
Steamers employed for distribution of herrings throughout the 
country -------- xxxi 
West Coast fishing for fifty years preceding 1891 - - - xxxii 
Yearly average of barrels cured in periods of ten years - - xxxii 
Increase in 1891 on 1890 and on average for preceding fifty years - xxxii 
Quantity of herrings cured in each of the twenty-six districts - xxxii 
Total quantity cured - - - - - - - xxxii 
Decrease in 1891, as compared with 1890, but an increase on the 
average for the preceding fifty years - - - - xxxii 
Yearly average increase in periods of ten years - - - xxxii 
Value of herring fishery to people of Scotland - - - xxxiii 
Decrease per cent, in 1891 from average for preceding ten, and increase 
on twenty-five and fifty years * - - - - xxxiii 
Great development of fishery since 1809 - - - xxxiii 
Herrings cured on board of vessels ----- xxxiii 
This branch of industry declining - - xxxiii 
Total quantity of herrings cured in vessels and on shore - - xxxiii 
HERRINGS EXPORTED. 
Quantity of cured herrings exported - 
Places to which exported - 
Exports in 1890 and 1891 compared - 
Increase during last fifty years 
Particulars as to herrings exported 
Herrings cured, branded, and exported, 1875 to 1891 - 
COD, LING, AND HAKE FISHERY. 
Cod, ling, and hake fishery ------ xxxv 
Quantity landed in Scotland in 1891 - - - - - xxxv 
Quantity used fresh and cured - xxxv 
Vessels fitted out for this fishery - - ... _ xxxv 
Fish taken and cured on board ----- xxxv 
Swedish vessels ------- xxxv 
Large Shetland vessels at Faroe, Rockall, and Iceland - - xxxv 
Successful fishing at Iceland - - - - - xxxv 
Good catches obtained by small boats ----- xxxv 
Success of East Coast boats ------ xxxv 
Returns compiled for over seventy years - - - xxxvi 
Fish landed in Shetland in excess of that of any other district - xxxvi 
Quantity cured there in 1891 ------ xxxvi 
Quantity cured in Orkney and Stornoway districts - - - xxxvi 
Quantity of cod pickled in Wick ' - - - - xxxvi 
Industry might be much more developed - xxxvi 
Productiveness of fishing grounds in some districts - - - xxxvi 
Fish packed in ice for despatch to the southern markets - - xxxvi 
Quantity of fish cured in each of the last five years - - - xxxvi 
Cod, ling, and hake cured and exported in 1890 and 1891 - - xxxvi 
Increase in quantity cured and in exports to Continent - - xxxvii 
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