21 
EASTERN DISTRICT. 
Year. 
Crabs. 
Lobstes. 
1897 
Number. 
688,000 
Number. 
23,200 
1898 
841,000 
25,000 
1899 
784,000 
42,000 
1900 
1,087,000 
33,000 
1901 
1,320,000 
34,000 
1902 
940,000 
24,000 
1903 
824,000 
17,500 
1904 
880,700 
19,000 
1905 
877,000 
23,000 
1906 
758,000 
25,900 
1907 
655,000 
14,500 
1908 
838,000 
21,200 
1909 
1,253,000 
39,400 
Lobsters. — The statistics with regard to lobsters are given in 
the reports for 1904 and 1905, up to the year 1905. The figures 
for the remaining years to 1909 are now furnished. It will be 
Year. 
Eyemouth. 
Northumberland. 
North Eastern. 
190G 
... 3974 ... 
42,618 (45,890) 
... 35,576 
1907 
4310 
34,756 (89,151) 
o 
H 
O 
CO 
1908 
... 5241 
48,547 (53,112) 
... 35,3C0 
1909 
... 3660 
46,634 (48,445) 
... 29,915 
seen that two sets of numbers are given for Northumberland. The 
reason for this is that during these years statistics were gathered 
at three stations as stated in the last report, and as these statistics 
were not included in the years before, and the collection at these 
stations has now ceased, I have thought it best to deduct them. 
They are not included in the chart which I give here showing the 
catches in the four adjoining districts named. 
I think it can be said that as in the case of the North Eastern 
District so in the case of Northumberland protection has been 
beneficial. This chart may be interestingly compared with that 
given for the crab in the Report for last year. 
