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Leith and some other North British ports, where they were dealt 
with and shipped by Seottisli exporters. The coastwise figures 
aro : — 
1891 
. 13,237 barrels. 
1892 
16,857 „ 
1893 
15,500 „ 
1894 
. 17,170 „ 
1895 
. 11,610 „ 
1896 
15,985 barrels. 
1897 
23,876 „ 
1898 . 
18,861 „ 
1899 . 
25,711 „ 
From ‘ iJaily Press,’ 13th January, 1900. 
Return of Herrings Landed at Yarmouth in 1899. 
Month. Lasts. 
Month. 
Lasts. 
January 
— 
Brought forward 345 
February 
— 
July . 
165 
March . 
— 
August . 
562 
April 
39 
September 
1,560 
May . . 
76 
October . 
10,808 
June 
230 
November 
12,701 
December 
819 
Carried forward 
345 
Total 
26,960 
October 
6,073 
+ 4,735 Scotch. 
November 
7,046 
+ 5,655 „ 
December 
799 
+ 20 „ 
Return of Herrings landed at Lowestoft in 1899. 
Month. 
Lasts. 
January 
. — 
February 
. — 
March . 
68 
April 
. 399 
May 
. 373 
J une 
. 385 
Month. Lasts. 
Ilrought forward 1,225 
July . . 246 
August . . 17 
September . 92 
October . . 7,435 
N ovember . 8,687 
December . 1,255 
Total .18,957 
218 
103 
13 
Carried forward 1,225 
Number of Lowestoft boats . 
„ Scotch „ 
„ West Country boats 
334 
Hands employed on the boats . . 2,870 
Notes by Mr. A. Patterson. 
One of the most remarkable things connected with the recent 
Herring fishery was the marked absence of their natural and most 
formidable enemies, such as the Cetaceans, Sharks, &c. Usually 
a number of Porpoises and Sharks are entangled in the nets, and 
