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MR. T. J. WIGG ON THE HERRING FISHERY. 
I am again indebted to the courtesy of Mr. W. L. Smith, the 
Borough Accountant of Great Yarmouth, and to Mr. II. J. 
Henderson, the harbour master of Lowestoft, for the returns of 
Herrings landed at those ports, and also to Mr. H. D. Sayers for 
particulars of boats sailing out of Yarmouth during the fishing. 
I give the following figures of the landings for the past ten 
years, as I think they will be useful for comparison. 
Year. 
Lasts. 
Year. 
Lasts. 
1894 
. 17,407 
1899 
. 26,395 
1895 
. 16,471 
1900 
. 28,483 
1896 
. 18,977 
1901 
. 28,690 
1897 
. 22,493 
1902 
. 44,059 
1898 
. 18,392 
1903 
. 39,777 
In the ten years preceding 1894 the highest catch was 23,872 
lasts, and the lowest in 1891 was 13,386. 
Return of Herrings Landed at Yarmouth in 1903. 
Month. 
Lasts. 
Month. 
Lasts. 
January 
— 
Brought forward 282 
February 
. — 
July 
. 147 
March . 
7 
August . 
. 1,274 
April 
80 
September 
. 3,070 
May 
. 75 
October 
. 11,962 
Juue 
. 120 
November 
December 
. 19,694 
. 3,348 
Carried forward 282 
Total 
. 39,777 
Number of Yarmouth boats employed, about . 178 
„ Scotch and other boats employed, about 585 
Return of Herrings Landed at Lowestoft in 1903. 
Month. 
Lasts. 
Month. 
Lasts. 
January 
. — 
Brought forward 1,403 
February 
. — 
July 
. 157 
March . 
73 
August . 
28 
April 
. 836 
September 
. 674 
May 
. 292 
October . 
. 7,434 
J une 
. 202 
November 
. 13,251 
December 
. 3,236 
Carried forward 1,403 
Total 
. 26,183 
Number of Lowestoft boats 
245 
J 3 
Scotch 
314 
