Fishery Board for Scotland. 
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The particulars of thesa increases and oE the decrease are given Particulars 
in the following table 
Years. 
Value (estimated). 
Boats and 
Beam Trawl 
Vessels. 
Nets. 
Lines. 
Total. 
1889, 
1890, 
£828,728 
833,564 
£647,879 
630,142 
£230 
£1,603,307 
1,. 590,636 
Increase in 1890, 
Decrease 1890, 
£4,836 
£17,737 
126,930 
£126,700 
£12^671 
The net falling off during the la'it few years in the amount of 
capital invested in boats, vessels, and nets is mainly accounted for 
by depreciation, loss of boats and material, and by very few nets 
having been manufactured since 1884. This falling off would have 
been still greater were it not for the increase ia the value of the 
boats and vessels, which was occasioned by the addition of 14 large 
new steam vessels to the fleet of Scottish trawlers. 
Table II. Appendix D, shows the number and tonnage of boats, 
decked and undecked, and beam trawl vessels, employed in the 
herring and other sea fisheries of Scotland last year, with the 
districts to which they belong ; the number of fish-^rmen and boys 
by whom they were manned ; the number of fish-curers, coopers, 
and other persons employed ; with the estimated value of boats, 
beam trawl vessels, nets, and lines. 
Table III. Appendix D, shows the number and tonnage of beam 
trawl vessels and boats employed in the sea fisheries of -Scotland 
last year; with the districts to which they belong; the number of 
fishermen and boys by whom manned ; distinguishing steam 
trawlers from sailing trawlers ; with the estimated value of the 
vessels, nets, and fishing material. 
Table IV. Appendix D, shows the tonnage of shipping, and of 
the number of seamen engaged in the trade of the herring and cod 
and ling fisheries of Scotland, last year— distinguishing those 
employed in importing stave wood, hoops, and salt ; in carrying 
herrings or cod-fish coastwise, or exporting them abroad ; and dis- 
tinguishing British from foreign- tonnage and men. 
The following table shows the total tonnage of boats and vessels, 
and the number of persons employed in the herring, cod, and ling, 
and other sea fisheries of Scotland in 1890, as compared with 1889: — 
Details of 
boats, vessels, 
&c. , and 
capital 
employed. 
Details of 
beam trawl 
vessels. 
Tonnage of 
shipping and 
number of 
seamen 
engaged. 
Years, 
Total Tonnage of Boats and Vessels, and Number of 
Persons employed. 
British. 
Foreign. 
Tons. 
Persons. 
Tons. 
Persons. 
1889, 
1890, 
279,3694 
271,65l| 
109,757 
106,210 
43,113 
62,003 
2,101 
3,062 
Increase in 1890, . 
Decrease in 1890, . 
7,718 
3,'547 
18,890 
961 
Tonnage of 
boats and 
vessels, and 
number of 
persons 
employed. 
