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result, but that upon the question of what has 

 been achieved in the United States of America 

 certain information is not easily available." l 



Since 1903 the control of the fisheries has 

 been tranferred from the Board of Trade to the 

 Board of Agriculture. When this was suggested, 

 hopes were entertained that the central fisheries 

 authority would be provided with the means 

 for investigation, so that they might form in- 

 dependent judgments respecting the necessity for 

 changes in the law relating to fisheries, or for 

 any other purposes. This has not apparently 

 been provided for, and the present Fisheries 

 Department at the Board of Agriculture is not 

 much more satisfactory in this respect than when 

 it was at the Board of Trade. 



1 Report, Select Committee of 1 900, p. v. 



