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average productivity. III. The earnings of sailing vessels 

 and steamers ; economic sketch of the Boulogne district ; 

 the size-limit of steamers. IV. The earnings of fishermen 

 in France and Great Britain The yield per square mile of 

 the principal fishing-grounds. 



CHAPTER VI 

 THE FISHING NATIONS AND THE GREAT FISHERIES . . 276 



I. Scotland and England Germany Denmark, Holland 

 and Belgium Norway, Spain, and Portugal Italy and 

 Russia Canada and Japan France. II. The French cod 

 fisheries Steam-trawling off Newfoundland. III. The 

 sardine fishery of Brittany ; fishermen, bait-sellers, manu- 

 facturers. IV. The herring fishery ; the mackerel fishery ; 

 the tunny fishery. 



CHAPTER VII 

 THE EVOLUTION OF THE FRENCH FISHERIES . . . 294 



I. History of the steam fishing-boat Sail versus steam 

 The naval inscripts and the capitalists. II. The defence of 

 steam ; its triumph. III. History of the motor-boat as 

 applied to fishery Its progress abroad and in France 

 The old types of boats and motors New types. IV. Alcohol 

 or petrol ? The two principles criticised. V. The principal 

 consequences of mechanical fishery. VI. The steam-trawl- 

 ing crisis. 



CHAPTER VIII 

 THE MARKET . . . . . . .312 



I. Various modes of sale : sale on board, sale by sample, 

 sale by auction The fish markets of Boulogne and La 

 Rochelle. II. The taxes upon sales imposed by the munici- 

 palities The octroi dues of the city of Havre. III. Critical 

 examination of municipal taxes ; their prohibitive nature ; 

 monopolisation of the sale of fish by the cities The octroi 

 dues of inland cities. IV. The increased retail prices of 

 fish Middlemen Effectual remedies : producers' co-opera- 

 tive societies and companies. 



