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CONTENTS. 
HOOPING OF HERRING BARRELS. 
Regulations as to hooping of herring barrels . - - - 
Results satisfactory ------- 
Barrels made in 1890, with modes of hooping 
STANDARD MEASURES FOR FRESH HERRINGS. 
Quarter-cran measures legalised - - - - . - 
Reason therefor - 
Regulations made ------- 
Quarter-cran basket measure ------ 
Quarter-cran box measure ------ 
Regulations printed and circulated - _ - - - 
Cran and quarter-cran only legal measures for sale or delivery of fresh 
herrings 
These measures now in general use and giving satisfaction - 
Basket measures examined and branded - - - - 
Box measures examined and branded . . - . 
COD, LING, AND HAKE FISHERY : CURED FISH. 
Cod, ling, and hake fishery ------ xxvi 
Quantity of cod, ling, and hake landed in Scotland in 1890 - - xxvi 
Decrease in quantity of cod taken ----- xxvi 
Quantity landed by beam-trawl vessels - . - - xxvii 
Number of fish cured ------- xxvii 
Vessels fitted out for this fishery ----- xxvii 
Fish taken and cured on board . _ - - - xxvii 
Swedish vessels xxvii 
Details of the fishing ------- xxvii 
Success of small boats - xxvii 
Large boats also engaged - - - - - - xxvii 
Shetland returns have for the last seventy years always exceeded 
those of any other district - - ^ - - xxvii 
Quantity cured there in 1890 ------ xxvii 
Quantity cured in Orkney and Stornoway districts - - - xxvii 
Quantity pickled in Wick ------ xxvii 
Industry might be much more developed - - - - xxvii 
Success of Swedish fishermen ------ xxvii 
Fish packed in ice for despatch to the southern markets - - xxviii 
Quantity of fish cured in each of the last seven years - - xxviii 
Cod, ling, and hake cured and exported in 1889 and 1890 - - xxviii 
Decrease in export to Continent ----- xxviii 
Cod, ling, and hake cured on board of vessels - - - xxviii 
Cod, ling, and hake cured on shore ----- xxix 
Total of cod, ling, and hake cured in vessels and on shore - - xxix 
Cod, ling, and hake exported ------ xxix 
Cod, ling, and hake cured and exported, 1875 to 1890 - - xxix 
SALT FOR CURING. 
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