OIL AND TAR POLLUTION OF WATERS. gy 
1912. Note by editor quoting letter from 8. Jalfé telling of destruction of fish 
and small and microscopic forms by leakage of 2,200 cubie yards of tar 
and by-products and of over £1,600 paid in damages; and letter from Karl 
Heintz to the effect that it is illegal in Bavaria (or all Germany?) to 
construct drains from tarred roads into streams. Ibid., Vol. LXV, 
Dec. 21, 1912, p. 582. 
1913, Note by editor quoting extract from Isle of Wight County Press telling of 
settling with I. T. Mew, of Carrisbrooke, Isle of Wight, for £325 for 
damage to fishery by tarred-road washings. Ibid., Vol. LX VI, Mar. 15, 
1913, p. 66. 
Letter from Perey Wadham on the. difficulty of determining the real 
danger from tar poisoning by laboratory experimentation. Ibid., Vol. 
LXVI, May 24, 1913, p. 480. 
1914. Note by editor quoting letter from I. Napier Sutton on the effect of leak- 
age from gas works on a fishery. Ibid., Vol. LX VIII, Jan. 3, 1914, p. 2. 
1917. Note by editor quoting letter from Perey Wadham telling of lasting poison- 
ousness of tar on roads and of formation of tarry strata on pond bottoms, 
ete. Ibid., Vol. LX XIV, Feb. 24, 1917, p. 100. 
1921. Report of address by J. A. Simpson delivered at Nottingham January 12 
before ‘‘An Alliance for Prevention of River Pollution,’’ telling of 
fining of Derbyshire County Council and of damages obtained by riparian 
owners for destruction of fishing by tarred-road washings. Ibid., Vol. 
LXXXII, Jan. 22, 1921, p. 45. 
Note by editor to the effect that the Joint Committee of Ministry of Agri- 
culture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Transport have been unable 
to find a safe tar; refers to an account by Dr. Smith, U. S. Commis- 
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