13 '0 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



Hayling Island, 429, 430, 1002, 1074, 1112; successful plantation of 

 oysters at, in 1867, 342 ; oyster beds referred to in Domesday 

 Book, 342. 343 ; first Oyster Fisbeiy Company formed in, 343 ; 

 first great experiment made by, 343 ; experiments in artificial oyster 

 culture at, in 1866, 344-48 ; unfortunate destruction of young 

 oysterlings at, 345 ; registered average temperature of the waters 

 at, in 1867, 348. 



Hebrides, Tbe, 163, 176, 178. 



" hectare, " terms on which one is let, 490. 



Helford, The, 262. 



Heligoland Oysters, 274. 



Helix nemoralis (Trochus) 200. 



Helmholtz, 891. 



Helstone, 273, 274. 



Hennebont, The river, 542. 



Henderson, Mr. J. M., and the Poole fishermen, 378, 379 



Henneguy M., 625. 



Henry VIII., 358. 



Henry, Dr. Frederick P., Lecture, cited 328, 329. 



Henslow, Professor, cited 900. 



Herklotz, 178. 



Hermannsen, "Index" of, 161. 



HerneBay, 117, 357. 

 Pier, 471. 



Fishery Act, 1864, 474, 452. 



Hampton, and Reculver Oyster Fishery Company, 452-54, 459 ; 

 Fishery, 452-79; Notice of Mr. Spencer Walpole's Inquiry, Aug- 

 ust 8th, 1881,453; inspection of oyster grounds, 453, 454; Incor- 

 poration of the Company, date and purpose for, 454 ; capital of the 

 Company, 454 ; the object of Parliament in incorporating the 

 Company, 454, 455 ; memorials presented to the Home Office, 

 455 ; Frank Buckland one of the Directors of the Company, 455 ; 

 allegations contained in the memorials, 456 ; Mr. Walpole's 

 recommendation thereon, 456, 457 ; approved by the Secretary of 

 State for the Home Department, 457 ; concurrence of the Board 

 of Trade therein, 457 ; origin of the Sea Fisheries Act, 1875, 457 > 

 the Sea Fisheries Acts, 1868, 1869, and 1875, cited with respect to 

 the Company, 457; reduction of the Company's grounds, 458 ; 



