§ Major ANSTRUTHER-GRAYasked the Secretary for Scotland whether he can state the approximate quantities of spent herrings cured in and exported from Scotland in each year during the last twelve years?
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Mr. McKINNON WOODThe only statistics available which relate specifically to spent herrings are those which deal with crown-branded herrings, and the quantities of crown-branded spent herrings cured and exported during the last twelve years were as follows:—
Cured Barrels. Exported Barrels. 1913 … 2,985 … 2,338 1912 … 10,816 … 10,039 1911 … 44,189 … 41,604 1910 … 39,850 … 39,115 1909 … 39,895 … 33,566 1908 … 32,276 … 46,341 1907 … 88,028 … 74,250 1906 … 50,002 … 42,677 1905 … 93,769 … 90,510 1904 … 135,915 … 125,012 1903 … 89,386 … 77,701 1902 … 127,282 … 127,929 The returns to the Fishery Board do not distinguish between the different classes of unbranded herrings, and consequently it is impossible to give the figures for such herrings, even approximately.