THE FISHERY INTERESTS OF AUSTRIA. 679 



modern improvements and institutions, the results of the fisheries in 

 Austria will be no less brilliant ; our national income will then likewise 

 increase, and these advantages must be rated all the higher, because 

 the point in question is to provide a cheap and wholesome article of 

 food, accessible to all classes of our population, for which no substitute 

 of equal value can be found. 



Our government is earnestly endeavoring to extend such favors to the 

 fisheries, at first in the inland waters, as are commensurate with their 

 importance to the welfare of the nation, and is at present discussing the 

 draught of a new fishing-law, based on the most careful consideration of 

 all the reports sent to the ministries. Our review may serve as a fore- 

 runner of this law, and in some portions as a fuller commentary on the 

 subject, than the necessarily limited report preceding the law is able 

 to give. 



