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was never asked on the matter. The salmon fisheries were 

 improved, and would be more improved until salmon would 

 be sold alongside of plaice, and in fact plaice would have 

 the advantage, and make more money than salmon, because 

 it would be scarcer, whilst the sole would be a thing of the 

 past unless something was done. He could not say what 

 should be done, but something must be done if they were to 

 have a sole at all in this country. In conclusion he would 

 say that he believed the Exhibition was got up for the 

 benefit of the fisheries, and he saw that the numbers of 

 those who had been were close upon a million. There would, 

 therefore, be a great return for the outlay occurred, and 

 the question was what should be done with the money ? He 

 would say, let the trade have the benefit, and the way 

 he would suggest would be by laying the foundation for 

 an Orphan Home for fishermen. H.R.H. the Duke of 

 Edinburgh said something should be done for them in 

 the way of insurance, and he thought they might start in 

 that direction. If that were done, he, as a fisherman, would 

 add one brick to the building, and if the plan were adopted 

 he would give 500 guineas to start it. 



The MARQUIS OF HAMILTON then proposed a vote of 

 thanks to Mr. Ansell for his very able Paper. It was 

 evident to everybody that it was the result of a practical 

 mind, and of long attention to the subject, with which the 

 writer was very familiar. He had attended many of those 

 Conferences, but he might safely say that both in the subject 

 matter of this Paper, and in the way in which it had been 

 handled, it was second to none. Some of the matters 

 touched upon might, no doubt, be open to discussion, but 

 without discussion they could arrive at no practical result. 

 The noble Chairman was a practical trawler himself, and 

 he had no doubt he would, as an amateur, be able to give 



