INDEX. 



Area of the island and its general character, 17, 1 8 



Cod, importance and excellence of the cod-liver oil, 21 

 ,, modes of capture, 7 



,, quantity and value of dried fish produced during a season, 8 

 ,, relative value of dried cod to fresh, and its importance as food, 20, 21 



Cod-fishery, the, number of vessels and their nationality, employed in 1578- -4 

 ,, ,, value and importance of, 6-8 



Copper, recent increase in the mining, 14 



Discussion on Sir Ambrose Shea's paper, 23-27 



Employment, necessity for its extension, and means for this purpose, 16-22 



Fisheries Exhibition, The, one of^ts chief objects, 26 



,, necessity of protecting our, 23, 24 



,, total annual value of the fisheries of the colony, 13, 14 



Fish-offal, its value for the manufacture of fish guano, 13, 24-26 

 France, certain rights possessed by the French, 5 



Government, representative government granted to the colony in 1832. .6 



Herrings, excellence of the Labrador herring, 12 

 ,, extent and value of the fishery, 12 



,, large quantities captured in one haul of the seine-net, 12 



Leather, superiority of the various descriptions manufactured from seal skin, 1 1 

 LoVjsters, value of canned lobsters exported to England, 13 

 London and its fish supply, 23 



Nets, size and strength of a cod-seine, 7 



Newfoundland, annexation of in 1583. .4, 5 



,, area of the colony and review of its condition, 17-21 



,, discovery and disputed possession of, 4-6 



,, extent and value of the herring fishery, II, 12 



,, extent of fishing-ground possessed liy the colony 7 



