154
mvnsrrerxrrorvs IN FORTE, 1893.
‘
With the exception of 1890 the series of years following the
_
fertile one of 1887 had given but indifferent totale for the food—
;
shes of the Forth.
Four of these had been under that reached
at the commencement of the experiments, while 1890 had an
‘
_
average
of only twelve over it.
The sudden rise of 160 per
haul in 1887, and which had buoyed so many hopes, therefore,
had
been
ephemera‘l—dependent al—ike on the short and
favourable period of the year and on other advantages.
In the
year 1893 the grand total was three times larger than in 1887,
’
viz. 27,4:01, but the hauls which produced it were four times as
numerous, viz. 96.
_
The average per haul was 285, or 93 under
'
1887, yet it came next it
the period of eight years. _ Of
,
this number 14,130 or 1457 per haul'were saleableand 13,271 or_
138 per haul unsaleable.
The average of the saleable had been
35—
exceeded in 1886, 1888, and 1890, whereas that of the
saleable was exceeded only in 1887. ’The years 1887 and 1893
…
were therefore remarkable in the capture of unsaleable shes, -
_
the former having the largest proportion in the series, the latter
%
also a large proportion, but greatly under that Of 1887.
Ïf
All the months .of the year are represented in the table,
_fÿ
Σ
'
though unequally, March being lowest with ”only two hauls,
July and November with 7, January, February, May, and
September with 8, April, June, October, and December with 9,
while August had 11._ By far the most productive months
were August and September. The work was thus very fairly
_
distributed over the year, but the diminution of the hauls in
March would tend to keep up the general aVerage since' it is
usually an unproduetive month, while the 11
in.August — *
would also tend to raise the average.
'
No_ sh. has. been more “prominently brOUght forward by the
linersj and others as an instance of - the graduäal decay of.the
_
'SCÔÎÿCh sheries .la the hadd00Çk- Statistics, in some
»
most difcult to comprehend', have been produ'ced to hear ouf, …
‘
such views, and}they haVe been “accoinpanied by the most ' Ÿ
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,
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mvnsrrerxrrorvs IN FORTE, 1893.
‘
With the exception of 1890 the series of years following the
_
fertile one of 1887 had given but indifferent totale for the food—
;
shes of the Forth.
Four of these had been under that reached
at the commencement of the experiments, while 1890 had an
‘
_
average
of only twelve over it.
The sudden rise of 160 per
haul in 1887, and which had buoyed so many hopes, therefore,
had
been
ephemera‘l—dependent al—ike on the short and
favourable period of the year and on other advantages.
In the
year 1893 the grand total was three times larger than in 1887,
’
viz. 27,4:01, but the hauls which produced it were four times as
numerous, viz. 96.
_
The average per haul was 285, or 93 under
'
1887, yet it came next it
the period of eight years. _ Of
,
this number 14,130 or 1457 per haul'were saleableand 13,271 or_
138 per haul unsaleable.
The average of the saleable had been
35—
exceeded in 1886, 1888, and 1890, whereas that of the
saleable was exceeded only in 1887. ’The years 1887 and 1893
…
were therefore remarkable in the capture of unsaleable shes, -
_
the former having the largest proportion in the series, the latter
%
also a large proportion, but greatly under that Of 1887.
Ïf
All the months .of the year are represented in the table,
_fÿ
Σ
'
though unequally, March being lowest with ”only two hauls,
July and November with 7, January, February, May, and
September with 8, April, June, October, and December with 9,
while August had 11._ By far the most productive months
were August and September. The work was thus very fairly
_
distributed over the year, but the diminution of the hauls in
March would tend to keep up the general aVerage since' it is
usually an unproduetive month, while the 11
in.August — *
would also tend to raise the average.
'
No_ sh. has. been more “prominently brOUght forward by the
linersj and others as an instance of - the graduäal decay of.the
_
'SCÔÎÿCh sheries .la the hadd00Çk- Statistics, in some
»
most difcult to comprehend', have been produ'ced to hear ouf, …
‘
such views, and}they haVe been “accoinpanied by the most ' Ÿ
131gubîous Pictures
men Of °…“ ShO'ŒSButsuch:adîtêä>0iatesgzvihofsea real Lin—’neœStsiäu
,
lst0behoped—1stobemeasuœdby the
*
:,“
îïÔîP eff01tSh1thert0haven0tbeenabletesat1sfy î