xxxii 
Ninth Annual Rejport of the 
Board pro- 
ceeded in case. 
Mr Yonng took 
evidence, and 
recommended 
that Order be 
granted. 
Order granted 
by Board. 
north-east of an imaginary line, crossing from Castle Sween, on the 
east of Loch Sween, to the Kock known as Clach mor of Diinna, on 
the west side of the loch, situated within the parish of North 
Knapdale, in the County of Argyll. 
This memorial having been fully considered by the Board, they 
deemed it fib to proceed in the case, and printed copies of the draft 
of the proposed Order were published and circulated, and the 
necessary notices given, regarding objections being received and 
otherwise, as required by the Act. Thereafter Mr Young, Inspector 
of Salmon Fisheries, at the request of the Board, made an inquiry 
concerning the proposed Order, and for that purpose held a sitting 
at Ardrishaig, and took evidence for the promoters and objectors. 
He then laid before the Board the evidence taken by him, and his 
Eeport thereon recommending that the Order be granted. After 
full deliberation upon the said evidence and Eeport, the Board 
made an Order in the form proposed, with the exception of some 
slight alterations, and the statutory notices having been given, 
application was made to have it confirmed by Parliament. 
Boats and Vessels, and Persons, employed 
w^TH THE Sea Fisheries. 
IN connection 
Fishing boats 
employed in 
herring fishery 
in a' selected 
week. 
Boats and 
vessels, fisher- 
men, and other 
persons 
employed in 
1889 and 1890. 
Table 1. Appendix D, gives an account of the number of boats, 
decked and undecked, irrespective of the places to which they 
belong, employed in the herring fishery in Scotland, in the season 
of last year, in a selected week for each district; with the number 
of fishermen and boys by whom they were manned; of coopers, 
gutters, packers, and labourers employed at the said fishery in the 
week so selected ; and the total number of such fishermen and 
other persons so employed. 
The following table shows the number of boats, decked and 
undecked, and beam trawl vessels employed in the sea fisheries 
of Scotland ; the number of fishermen and boys by whom they 
were manned ; the number of fish-curers, coopers, and other persons 
employed, in the years 1889 and 1890 : — 
Capital 
embarked in 
1889 and 1890. 
Years. 
i Fishing Boats 
and Beam 
Trawl Vessels. 
Fisherman 
and Boys. 
Fish- 
curers. 
Coopers. 
Other 
Persons 
(estimated). 
1889, . 
1890, . 
14,714 
14,352 
47,943 
47,150 
1,071 
1,050 
2,665 
2,478 
48,178 
45,856 
Decrease in 1890, . 
362 
793 
21 
187 
2,322 
The amount of capital embarked last year in boats, beam trawl 
vessels, and lines shows an increase, as compared with 1889. 
The amount expended on lines has been gradually increasing since 
1884, which shows that fishermen are paying greater attention to 
line fishing than formerly, while the value of netting has been 
decreasing during the last five years. 
