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been held ; and, before the advocates of complete freedom 

 of fisheries or those in favour of protection, or rather the 

 interference of Government, could avail themselves of any 

 data furnished by China it would be necessary for scientific 

 men to make a thorough inquiry into the state of Chinese 



fisheries. 



Surgeon-General GORDON, C.B., said it might be d 

 propos to the question under discussion to state that a 

 few years ago, when travelling through Burmah, he found 

 that the natives carefully protected the young fry of fish, 

 using such implements as enabled the smaller fish to escape ; 

 and he was informed that there was a law absolutely 

 prohibiting the capture of fish under a certain size. 



The vote of thanks having been passed unanimously, 



Mr. Campbell, in replying, explained that the Paper 

 he had read was not so much on the Fisheries of China as 

 on the Exhibits from China to the Fisheries Exhibition ; 

 and one object of the Paper was to state a few facts that 

 were not generally known, but which, when known, might 

 add to the interest of the Chinese Court and Collection. 



Mr. Fung Yih, Secretary to the Chinese Legation, pro- 

 posed a vote of thanks to the Chairman. With regard to the 

 bamboo which had been referred to in the Paper, it might 

 be interesting for them to know that it had recently become 

 a source of industry in England, one of the daily papers 

 beino- made of it at, he understood, a reduction in cost of 

 two-thirds. The motion was seconded by Mr. Hounsell 

 and carried unanimously. 



