§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)To ask the Lord-Advocate if he will state the quantity of line-caught fish landed in the Island of Lewis by Lewis fishing boats for each year since 1870, inclusive.
(Answered by Mr. Scott Dickson.) Fresh fish statistics for the Island were only collected after 1884. Previous to 1889 only the grand totals for the district, which embraced at that period North and 1385 South Uist and the Island of Barra, are entered in the fresh fish statistics book.
| Statement showing the quantity of Line Fish landed in the Island of Lewis by Lewis Boats from 1889 to 1904. | ||
| Year. | Catch of White Fish. | |
| Cwts. | ||
| 1884 | 57,561 | The figures from 1884 to 1888 are for the district which embraced during that period North and South Uist and also the Island of Barra. |
| 1885 | 121,154 | |
| 1886 | 46,635 | |
| 1887 | 35,341 | |
| 1888 | 43,635 | |
| 1889 | 86,753 | Approximate quality of line fish landed by Lewis boats from 1889 to 1904. |
| 1890 | 97,193 | |
| 1891 | 108,164 | |
| 1892 | 119,823 | |
| 1893 | 114,612 | |
| 1894 | 84,137 | |
| 1895 | 96,267 | |
| 1896 | 109,871 | |
| 1897 | 116,765 | |
| 1898 | 93,358 | |
| 1899 | 93,113 | |
| 1900 | 76,316 | |
| 1901 | 63,895 | |
| 1902 | 42,669 | |
| 1903 | 36,069 | |
| 1904 | 64,192 |