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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

Provinces

Above 50 Above 100 JAbove 200

and not and not and not

exceeding exceeding exceeding

100 acres 200 acres 500 acres

Above 500 acres

Total

r. ^ ri896 Lemster j^g^^

TVT 4. n896 Munster. -J ,Qgy

Ulster -^^^^^ Ulster. . ^jgg^

^ 0,4. n896 Connaught. n 897

Total of Ireland <, gg«

Increase or decrease / in 1897. . \

14,031 14,010 22,449 22,526 14,356 14,416 6,407 6,502

6,892

6,894 9,180 9,266 3,717 3,699 3,208 3,182

2,821 2,814 2,741 2,704 1,031 1,032 1,704 1,695

412 415 374

384 272 268 492 496

124,384 125,345 128,588 128,930 200,043 200,009 122,649 122,691

57,243 57,454

22,997 23,041

8,297 8,245

1,550 1,563

575,664 576,975

Increase 211

Increase

44

Decrease 52

Increase 13

Increase 1,311

In 1890 the total number of occupiers was 524,210 ; in 1896, 533,043 ; in 1897, 533,514.

II. Fisheries.

The quantity and value of the fish landed on the coasts of the United Kingdom in five years have been : —

—

1894

Tons 351,198 309,438 41,796

1895

1896

Tons 377,534 306,907 42.103

1897

1898

England and Wales.

Scotland

Ireland

U.K. (excluding shell-fish).

England and Wales.

Scotland

Ireland. ...

U.K. (excluding shell-fish). U.K. (including shell-fish

Tons 363,179 305,353 34,900

Tons 397,305 250,087 40,941

Tons 404,002 327,261 46,653

702,432

703,432

726,544

688,333

777,916

£ 5,756,205 1,876,495 303,317

£

4,981,960

1,565,821

267,894

£ 5,129,089 1,763,991 274,945

£

5,166,780

1,569,138

265,950

£

5,568,978

1,627,622

283,944

6,815,675 7,260,588

7,168,025 7,600,096

7,001,868 7,436,518

7,480,544 7,910,761

7,936,017 8,493,498

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This statement does not include salmon. Of the fish landed in England, about 79 per cent, in weight and 78 per cent, in value are landed on the east coast.

The number of men employed in the British fisheries (1896), including the Isle of Man and Channel Islands, was approximately (in 1895, 114,320 ; of these 41,022 were English, 40,793 Scotch, and 26,407 Irish. There were 26,649 (in 1895, 26,923) registered boats.