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One hundred and forty-lliree lives lost - - - - xiv 
Boats wrecked and damaged ; and loss of fishing gear - - xiv 
HERRING FISHERY : CURED FISH. 
Curing of herrings - xv 
Quantity cured xv 
Kippers xv 
Bloaters -_xv 
Tinned xv 
Herrings cured in each of the last seven years - - - xv 
Decrease as compared with 1889 ----- xv 
Results of 1889 and 1890 compared - - - - - xv 
Comparison of the results of 1890, with the average of the preceding 
ten years -------- xvi 
SUMMARY OF HERRING FISHERY ; CURED FISH : I. EAST 
COAST. 
Number of fish-curing establishments on East Coast - - - xvi 
Two districts show an increase and fifteen a decrease in quantity of 
herrings cured ------- xvi 
Considerable improvement in Shetland district - - . xvi 
Fluctuation in fishing there since 1879 - _ _ . xvi 
East Coast fishing of fifty years preceding 1890 - . - - xvii 
Yearly average of barrels cured in periods of ten years - - xvii 
Decrease in 1890 under 1889, but increase over average of preceding 
fifty years -------- xvii 
SUMMARY OF HERRING FISHERY; CURED FISH: II. WEST COAST. 
Total decrease in herrings cured on West Coast - - - xvii 
Four districts show an increase and four a decrease - - - xvii 
General view of fishing xvii 
West Coast fishing of preceding fifty years - . - - xvii 
Yearly average of herrings cured in periods of ten years - - xviii 
Decrease in 1890 under 1889, but increase over average of preceding 
fifty years -------- xviii 
SUMMARY OF HERRING FISHERY ; CURED FISH : III. BOTH 
COASTS. 
Herrings cured in each Fishery District in 1889 and 1890, with re- 
spective increases or decreases ----- xviii 
Net decrease in 1890 under 1889, and increase during preceding fifty 
years - - - ----- xix 
Yearly average increase in periods of ten years - - - xix 
Value of herring fishery to people of Scotland - - - xix 
Decrease per cent, in 1890 under average of preceding ten, twenty- 
five, and increase over fifty years ----- xix 
Great development of fishery since 1809- - - - - xix 
Details regarding herring fishery - - - - - xix 
