392 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



XI. Corals, aquatic fauna and flora, sliell-fisli, 4S:c. 



XII. Loan collections of any articles bearing on the above classes. 

 The following prizes are offered : 



SPECIAL PRIZES FOR EXHIBIT. 



1. Specimens of tinned fish of all kinds, £25. 



2. Specimens of dried, salted, and smoked fish of all kinds, £50. 



3. ]\Iodels or plans of fishermen's dwellings, £10. 



4. Models and drawings of fish passes and ladders, £20. 



5. Model of the safest and handiest sailing fishing boat— hull, spars, 

 sails, and rigging, £20. 



G. Models and plans of piscicultural establishments, £10. 



7. Models and plans of fish curing yards, £5. 



8. Models and plans of apparatus for transporting live fish long dis- 

 tances in safety, £10. 



9. Models and drawings of a handier and safer rig for the boats now 

 in use on the east coast of Scotland than the lug sail, which requires to 

 be dipped at every tack in beating to windward, £20. 



10. Specimens or models and plans of trawl nets, £10. 



11. Specimens or models and plans of bag, stake, and fly nets, £10. 



12. Collections of inland fishing tackle, £20. 



13. Fish-hatching apparatus, full size, with appliances and imple- 

 ments, £25. 



14. Models or drawings illustrating the best system of rendering 

 streams, polluted by sewage and manul\icturing refuse, innocuous to 

 fish life, £25. 



15. Model of a fishing trawler^ sail or steam, £20. 



IG. Eel trap for river not to interfere with other fisheries, £5. 



17. Apparatus for catching crabs and h)bsters, £5. 



18. System of signalling at night for fishing fleets and vessels, £25. 



19. Model of machine, worked by hand or steam power, for taking in 

 trawl, cable, or herring nets, £15. 



20. Improved salmon net, cotton or hemp, for use with cable, £5. 



21. Improved herring net, £5. 



22. Models of whale boats, and of all kinds of apparatus and tackle 

 used in the seal and whale fisheries, £20. 



SPECIAL PRIZES FOR ESSAYS. 



1. On harbor accommodation for fishing boats on the east or north 

 coasts of Scotland, pointing out the localities where harbors are most 

 required, and distinguishing between natural coves or bays which may 

 be converted into good harbors by artificial assistance, and places where 

 the harbors must be entirely artificial, £25. 



2. On the various methods of fish culture practiced indifferent coun- 

 tries of the world, £15. 



