CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER XII 



HYDROGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS . . 198 



CHAPTER XIII 



FISHERY STATISTICS . . . . .222 



CHAPTER XIV 



THE IMPOVERISHMENT OF THE FISHING 



GROUNDS ..... 243 



CHAPTER XV 



THE DESTRUCTION OF IMMATURE FISH : THE 



FISHERIES BILL OF 1904- .* . . 271 



CHAPTER XVI 



MARINE PISCICULTURE . * .. , . 299 



APPENDICES 



I. REPORTS OF THE PRINCIPAL PUBLIC IN- 

 QUIRIES INTO THE CONDITION OF THE 

 FISHERIES HELD IN MODERN TIMES . 33! 



II. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS OF BRITISH 



FISHERIES AUTHORITIES . . . 334 



