104 
Lowestoft, size of mesh of nets used at, 10, 18 
Lundy Island, necessity for harbour of refuge at, 80 
MacpoNnatp, Admiral, remarks by, 96 
Mackerel, destructive habits of, 45 
4 net, size of mesh of, 8, 36 
spawning, 46 
Masters and mates of fishing vessels should hold certificates of competency 
from the Board of Trade, 78, 92 
Merchant Vessels and Shipping Boats Act 1883, 91 
Mesh of nets, size of, 5, 7-10, 22, 31, 37, 39» 49, 50 
Metropolis, fish-supply of the, 19 
Midsummer herrings, 16-18 
Modes of fishing, 38 
Moore, Mr. (Bristol), remarks by, 70, 79, 80, 97 
Mount’s Bay sole fishing, 42 
Murray, Mr., motion on railway rates proposed by, 73 
Mumbles, necessity for harbour of refuge at the, 85 
NATIONAL Fishermen’s Congress, 23 
a5 Lifeboat Institution, 73 
Net fishing, 38 
Nets, International Conference on, 29 
Newfoundland cod fishing, 16 
Newground Bank turbot fishing, 40 
North Foreland and Naze fisheries, 46 
North Sea fishery, 21, 28, 29, 31, 38 
scarcity of fish in the, 28 
OVER-FISHING, 40 
Oysters imported from France, 33 
»» Spawning of, 45 
PAUPERS, fish dinners for, 5 
Penalties for destruction of immature fish, 10 
Percentage of immature fish taken by trawlers as compared with full sized 
fish, 25, 26 
Pilchard net, size of mesh of, 8 
Plaice-fishing, 26, 29 
», price of, 9 
» spawn of, 27, 28, 30 
Plymouth Bay hake-fishing, 43 
35 size of mesh of net used at, 10 
Pont Herring, 49 
Practical authorities on modes of fishing, 7 
»  Fishermen’s Congress, 3-99 
Preservation of bountiful supply of fish, 37 
; of spawn and young fry, 49 
