TENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
TO THE MOST HONOURABLE 
THE MAKQUESS OF LOTHIAN; K.T., 
Her Majesty's Secretary for Scotland. 
Office of The Fishery Board 
for Scotland, 
Edinburgh, 3rd Mo}y 1892. 
My Lord, 
In continuation of our Tenth Annual Report, we have 
the honour to submit — 
PART II. — REPORT ON SALMON FISHERIES. 
The year 1891 was a favourable year both for netting and 1891 a favour- 
angling. For angling especially, it was particularly good through- both fo7net.s 
out Scotland, not only as regards number but also size, of fish. A and rods, 
reference to the Report by the Inspector of Salmon Fisheries will 
be sufficient to show this. 
In the following Table will be found a return of the number of Number of 
boxes of Scotch salmon sent to Billingsgate Market from 1834 to JSmSn s^St *to 
1891, both years inclusive. It will be observed that 6958 more Billingsgate in 
boxes of salmon were sent to Billingsgate in 1891 than in 1890. 189L 
Estimating the value of the salmon sent to Billingsgate from Estimated 
Scotland during 1891 at £5, 10s. per box, we find the total g^jj "Scotch 
amount to be £138,389 ; and if as much is added — a very moderate i89i. 
estimate — for the salmon consumed at home and sent to other 
