that name in some way, if considered necessary, and make 

 this the National Fish Culture Association, a groundwork 

 or the foundation of a National Fisheries society as was now 

 proposed ? He belonged to a society in Norway for the 

 promotion of Norwegian fisheries, and he thought such a 

 society would work here very well if the means were forth- 

 coming. That was the great difficulty in Norway. They 

 had sent over several men to this country to collect in- 

 formation, and it was found to bear very heavily on 

 their funds. He had also been thinking of a plan 

 by which the fishermen themselves could carry out the 

 object. Supposing this society were to establish a fund, 

 and make loans to the masters of fishing-vessels to enable 

 them to become shareholders or like a co-operative society. 

 The master himself would work the vessel, he would have 

 some pecuniary interest in it, say only a sixteenth part. 

 Suppose a vessel cost iJ"i,6oo, which was the cost of a good- 

 sized trawler fully equipped ; if i^ioo were advanced to the 

 master he would have a sixteenth share, in addition to his 

 usual earnings, the dividend should not be drawn but to go 

 towards paying off the iJ'ioo. As soon as that was done 

 another £ioo might be advanced him, and so he would go 

 on increasing his capital or shares in the vessel until he 

 became the sole owner. This would cement fishermen to 

 their trade. It would make them more industrious, because 

 they would then have an interest in their own vessel to 

 work for. They would look after the fisheries, and they 

 might be made their own policemen. These master- 

 fishermen would bring information even from the bottom 

 of the sea. Papers could be read locally which afterwards 

 might be printed and circulated. In connection with the 

 same scheme an insurance fund should be started both for 

 the vessels and for the lives of the fishermen, which would 



