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HERRINGS CURED ON BOARD VESSELS AND ON SHORE. 
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Herrings cured on board of vessels . . . - . xix 
This branch of industry declining . . - . . xix 
Total quantity of herrings cured in vessels and on shore - - xx 
BRANDING OF HERRINGS. 
Rearrangement of crown brands 
Revised regulations issued 
Description of new brands 
Quantity of herrings branded - 
Decrease under 1889 - 
Particulars of herrings branded 
Comparison of brandings with 1889 - 
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HERRINGS EXPORTED. 
Quantity of cured herrings exported - ... - xxi 
Places to which exported xxi 
Exports in 1889 and 1890 compared ----- xxi 
Particulars of barrels exported , - - . _ xxi 
Herrmgs cured, branded, and exported, 1875 to 1890 - - xxii 
WINTER HERRING FISHERY. 
Winter herring Fishery . . _ - _ xxii 
Districts where prosecuted, xxii 
Quality and prices of herrings . . . . . xxii 
How disposed of ------ - xxii 
New brand for winter herrings - - - - - xxii 
First introduction of brand ------ xxii 
ANALYSIS OF THE STATISTICS OF SCOTTISH-CURED HERRINGS 
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. 
Herrings cured, branded, and exported since 1809 - - - xxiii 
Sums paid as bounties, and brand fees received - - - xxiii 
Basis of statistics xxiii 
Large payments made by Government in aid of Scottish fisheries - xxiii 
Brand fees received - - - - - " - xxiii 
DUTY ON SCOTTISH-CURED HERRINGS IMPORTED INTO RUSSIA 
AND AUSTRO-HUNGARY. 
Russian duty on Scottish -cured herrings - . . . xxiii 
Strong representations thereon ----- xxiv 
Gross actual weight of barrels and herrings to be given - - xxiv 
Regulation withdrawn by circular - - - - ^ xxiv 
Copies of circular distributed ------ xxiv 
High rate of duty in Austro-Hungary and Russia - - - xxiv 
Despatches thereon from Vienna and St Petersburg - - - xxiv 
