┌───────┬──────────┬┬───────┬──────────┐ │ Year. │ Barrels. ││ Year. │ Barrels. │ ├───────┼──────────┼┼───────┼──────────┤ │ 1843 │ 4,100 ││ 1859 │ 9,846 │ │ 1844 │ 2,000 ││ 1860 │ 504 │ │ 1845 │ 2,880 ││ 1861 │ 6,194 │ │ 1846 │ 900 ││ 1862 │ 20,000 │ │ 1847 │ 9,100 ││ 1863 │ 30,000 │ ├───────┼──────────┼┼───────┼──────────┤ │ │ 18,980 ││ │ 66,544 │ └───────┴──────────┴┴───────┴──────────┘ The September fishery at Wick will have its day like the July and August fisheries. One more table will finish these statistics; it represents the averages of the Wick fishery for two periods—one for seven years, ending in 1824; the other for the seven years ending with the season of 1863:— ┌────────┬────────┬────────────┬┬────────┬────────┬────────────┐ │ Years. │ Boats. │ Crans ││ Years. │ Boats. │ Crans │ │ │ │ per Boat. ││ │ │ per Boat. │ ├────────┼────────┼────────────┼┼────────┼────────┼────────────┤ │ 1818 │ 482 │ 136 ││ 1857 │ 1100 │ 73 │ │ 1819 │ 609 │ 133 ││ 1858 │ 1061 │ 80 │ │ 1820 │ 604 │ 148 ││ 1859 │ 1094 │ 79 │ │ 1821 │ 595 │ 123 ││ 1860 │ 1080 │ 92 │ │ 1822 │ 595 │ 91 ││ 1861 │ 1180 │ 87 │ │ 1823 │ 555 │ 123 ││ 1862 │ 1122 │ 82 │ │ 1824 │ 625 │ 123½ ││ 1863 │ 1084 │ 79 │ ├────────┼────────┼────────────┼┼────────┼────────┼────────────┤ │ │ 4065 │ 877½ ││ │ 7721 │ 572 │ └────────┴────────┴────────────┴┴────────┴────────┴────────────┘ I shall not expend further argument on these figures, they speak too plainly to require illustration. The state of the case as between the supply of fish and the extent of netting has been focused into the annexed diagram, which shows at a glance how the question stands. [Illustration: 1818-1845. The drift of 1857-1863. The drift of nets per boat contained nets per boat contained 4500 square yards. 16,800 square yards. 1818-1824. The During the 10 years 1857-1863. The average average per boat 1841-50 the average per boat 82 crans. 125¼ crans. catch per boat was 112 crans. ]