344 INDEX. 



ICE for fishing-vessels, 293 

 packing fish in, 224, 226, 240 

 Iceland fishing-grounds. See Fishing-grounds. 

 Icing of fish, 309, 324 



,, ,, cost of, 128, 131 



Ichthyophagus Club, New York, 32 

 Illustrations of methods for cooking fish, 24, 25 

 Immature cod. See Cod. 

 Importance of seal-fisheries, 157-169 

 Improved means for saving life at sea, necessity for, 211 



>, ,, mode and authority by which they should be applied, 215, 216 



Improvements on fishing boats and steam carriers, 118, 119, 128 

 Inadequate means provided for saving life at sea, 199, 201, 202, 209 



,, ,, illustrations of the, 201-209 



Infections by developed germs, 228 

 Infusions' 1 of meat Fish [and vegetables under certain conditions never 



putrefy, 220 

 Inshore trawling, 311 

 Insurance of fishing-vessels, 293 



International development of fisheries, proposals for, 259, 260 

 ,, treaties for remedy of abuses, 260 



,, Meteorological Committee, the, 177 



Inventions for saving life at sea, 210, 213 

 Ireland, boats and gear used by fishermen in 1665, 118 



,, East coast, fisheries of, 136 



,, extension of railway accommodation in, 139 



,, fisheries of the South and West coasts of, 117 



,, Government neglect of harbours and fisheries of, 117, 118, 133, 141 



,, haunts of herring and mackerel, 118, 120 



,, history of the fisheries of, 117 



,, importance of herring and mackerel fisheries in South of, 118, 120, 



121, 123 



,, improvement of harbours of, 121, 134 

 ,, increased supply of fish in inland waters of, 144 

 ,, purchase by the State of railways in, 139 

 , , transport of fish from, 228 

 ,, want of curing houses on South coast of, 122 

 West coast, fisheries of, 137, 138, 142 

 ,, appliances used on, 138 



Irish Church Fund, vote from, towards development of fisheries, 142 

 Irish Fisheries and Harbour Bill of 1883, 136 



,, area fished in, 1879-82, 76 



,, area of Inland waters, 80, 81, 83, 84 



supplies from, 81, 83, 84 



,, development of, 78, 79, 87 



,, drawbacks to development of, 78 



,, English supply derived from, 75 



,, Imperial interests involved in the stimulation of, 75 



