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consideration or notice, and without the aid or in- 

 formation of practical persons. 



These answers, pubUcly obtained, supply a useful 

 commentary upon the existing law. It is to be ob- 

 served that they come in every instance from skilled 

 and scientific persons, and it is the recorded and uni- 

 versal expression of opinion, that the fisheries are 

 sacrificed to absurd theories and unskilful manage- 

 ment. It is stated in almost every answer, that there 

 is nothing wanting, humanly speaking, to the full 

 development of the fisheries, but a good law, and a 

 due administration of it. If these requirements be 

 obtained, it is the recorded opinion of almost every 

 practical person in the kingdom, that the fisheries 

 will at once resume that position which they held 

 fifty years ago, as one of the great resources of the 

 country. 



Robert Worthington, Hon. Sec. 

 lishery Association, Jan. 30, 1851. 



The Screw-steam Fishing Company. 



I HAVE lately seen in the newspapers some notices 

 and advertisements of a proposal to develop our fish- 

 eries by means of a Screw-steam Fishing Company, 

 and would venture to make a few remarks, and sug- 

 gestions on the subject — not that I would throw any 

 obstacle in the way of the proposed Company — far 

 from it: I conceive that such a company, or any 



