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Number and amount of loans completed ; total instalments, including 
interest; paid ; and number and amount in arrear - - xx 
Proceedings taken against defaulters - - - - - xx 
Arrears of loans deemed irrecoverable xx 
Particulars thereof - - - - *- - - xx 
5. STATISTICS. 
Collection of fishery statistics originated by Board - - - xxi 
Continental trade ----- - xxi 
Increased foreign competition - - xxi 
Germany operating from Heligoland - - - - xxii 
Increased beam trawling and decreased line fishing - - - xxii 
Decreasing supply of flat fish ------ xxiv 
English beam trawlers leaving English for Scottish waters - - xxv 
Decay of shell fish and shore fisheries - - - xxv 
6. MARINE POLICE AND FISHERY SUPERINTENDENCE. 
Vessels in Board's service - . - - - - xxvi 
Additional cruisers necessary - - - - - - xxvii 
Damage to lines - - - - - - - xxvii 
Collisions - - - - - - ( - xxvii 
Damage to nets, boats, and sailing gear - - - - xxviii 
Damage sustained outside and inside territorial waters - - xxviii 
Results satisfactory ------- xxviii 
Amount of damages - - - - - - - xxviii 
Fishermen whose boats or gear are damaged should complain to 
officers - - - - ... . xxviii 
Great importance of this matter to fishermen - xxviii 
BRANDING OF HERRINGS. 
Rearrangement of crown brands - - - - - 
Revised regulations issued - - - - 
Quantity of herrings branded in 1891 and 1890 
Particulars of herrings branded - 
Decrease in 1891, as compared with 1890 
Increase during last fifty years - - - - - 
Reasons for comparatively small number of barrels branded - 
No change in present regulations advisable - - - - 
Regulations have improved selection among trade marks and increased 
the value of fresh herrings ------ 
Branding in Northumberland discontinued 
Great dissatisfaction - 
Act passed to amend the law as to branding of herrings on coast of 
Northumberland ------- 
Branding resumed - 
SUMMARY OF HERRING FISHERY. 
Number of fish-curing establishments on East Coast - - - xxx 
Six districts show an increase and eleven a decrease in quantity of 
herrings cured ------- X xx 
East Coast fishing of fifty years preceding 1891 - - - xxxi 
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