By the report of 1815, it appesrs'that the quanti. ty cured gutted was 105,3723 barrels. By that of 1816, it amounted to 135,981 'barrels, being an in crease in one year's fishery of 80,6083 barrels.
The total quantity brought under the view of the officers in 1815 was 160,1393 barrels. In 1816, it was 1.62,6513 barrels ; being an increase, on the whole, of 2,5121 barrels.
The quantity branded for bounty in 1815 was 88,376 barrels. in 1816, it was 116,436, being an increase of 38,060 barrels.
The exports, on the whole, in 1815, exceeded those of 1816; but the gutted herrings exported in the latter year exceeded those of the former by 12,6061 barrels.
In the year 1817, the total quantity caught was 192,3431 barrels, being an increase of 29,6913 bar rels. In the same year, the quantity branded for bounty was 140,0183 barrels, being an increase of 23,5821 barrels. The quantity exported in 1817 was 138,6283 barrels, being an increase of 80,9403 barrels.
In the year 1818, the total quantity caught was 227,691 barrels, whereof 204,2703 were cured gutted, and 23,4203 ungutted ; being an increase in the total quantity of 85,3473 barrels, and of 48,4941 in the quantity gutted; while there was a decrease in the quantity cured ungutted of 13,146-3 barrels.
In this year, the quantity found entitled to boun ty was 183,0893 ; being an increase of 43,071 bar rels. In the same year, the total quantity exported was 162,3293 barrels, whereof 148,1473 were gutted, and 14,192 ungutted; being an increase in the total quantity of 23,711 barrels, and of 32,667 in the quantity gutted; while there was a decrease in the quantity ungutted of 8,956 barrels.
But the report of the year ending 5th April 1819 is still more flattering than any of the former ones as will be seen from the following ACCOUNTS, which exhibit at one view the state of the herring fishery at the different stations in Great Britain, under.the superintendence and control of the commissioners, and the officers appointed by them.