480 MR. T. SOUTHWELL ON THE HERRING FISHERY. 
Avard to fish, and thus they only meet with an occasional straggling 
Ostend boat ; whereas the Lowestoft Herring and Mackerel boats 
fish generally abreast, or to the southward of their port, and right 
in the course of the Ostend trawlers. 
The price realised in the autumn voyage may be fairly averaged 
at £9 per last, a very material improvement upon that of 1886. 
I have again to express my thanks to Mr. H. Teasdel, Jun., the 
Yarmouth Corporation Accountant, and to Captain Massingham 
of Lowestoft, for the official returns from these ports, also to 
Mr. A. L. Cowing of Yarmouth, for his kind assistance. 
Eetuen of Herrings Landed at Yarmouth and Lowestoft 
Fish- Wharves in 1887. 
Yarmouth. 
Lasts 
(13»200). 
ThousauUs 
(13:20). 
Hundreds 
(1321. 
Lasts 
(13,200). 
January . 
— 
— 
— 
. 
February. 
11 
6 
0 
. 118 
Spring -i 
March 
■ 129 
2 
2 
. 581 
April 
168 
9 
5 
. 988 
May 
14 
2 
5 
. 613 
June 
47 
5 
1 
. 179 
Summer ■ 
July . 
35 
7 
3 
62 
Augu.st . 
812 
6 
6 
. 119 
September 
2881 
— 
4 
. 175 
Autumn 
October . 
4615 
7 
7 
. 2053 
November 
7141 
7 
7 
. 3953 
December 
2894 
9 
2 
. 1307 
18,753 
4 
2 
10,154 
10,154 
7 
3 
28,908 
1 
5 
Lowestoft. 
Thousands Hundreds 
(1320). (132). 
4 2 
9 3 
8 2 
9 1 
— 3 
7 1 
7 6 
7 — 
6 2 
8 3 
7 
3 
