604 INDEX. 



land and Newfoundland fisheries, 183, 184; changes of policy with 

 respect to bounties, 228 j Act to ensure their abolition, 247, 282 ; appli- 

 cation of the moneys previously granted as bounties, 283 ; competitors 

 for bounties debarred from fishing before a fixed date, 287. (See also 

 Diitch Sea Fisheries.") 



Bremner, Mr. C. E., his recommendation as to the direction to be taken by 

 breakwaters in exposed positions, 19, 57 j his " pontoons," 99 



Bridlington, its inaccessibility at low water, 5 



British Society, object of its formation, 245 

 ,, White Herring Fishery Commission, 243 



Brixham, its importance as a fishing station, 34 ; necessity for a harbour of 

 refuge, 34 ; improvements in progress, 35 ; character of the fishery 

 carried on there, 251 



Buckie, its harbour accommodation, 16 



Bumboats, 196 



flat-bottomed boats used by the Dutch in the coast fishery, 441 



CARDIGAN BAY, deficiency of good harbours, 23 



Carleton, Sir Dudley, evidence afforded by his ' Memoirs ' in reference to 

 the disputes between England and the Dutch respecting the right of free 

 fishing at sea, 467 



Cellular structure for reducing waves in harbours, 74 



Certificates of registration, their production by owners of fishing boats when 

 required, 236 



Close time, correct meaning of the term, 272 



Clovelly, need for better harbour, 25 



Cod-fish (JCabeljauwen), a name applied to a political party in the Nether- 

 lands in the fifteenth century, 309 



Columbia fish market, 164 



Concrete or beton, extensively used in France, 91 ; its increasing use in 

 England, 96 ; methods of building with concrete, 96, 97 ; its composition, 

 97 ; iron concrete, 98 ; asphaltic masonry and concrete, 98, 99 



Convict labour, may be employed with advantage under certain circum- 

 stances, 1 6 



Coopering, 196 



Cornwall, character of the fishery carried'on there, 256 



Crabs, recent laws regulating their capture and sale, 170 ; experimental 

 legislation, 209 ; present state of the law respecting them, 220 ; Norfolk 

 Crab and Lobster Act, 267 ; Act of 1877, 267-269 



Currents, their effective velocities, 109 



DARTMOUTH, a good natural harbour, 41 



De la Court, his estimate of the number of vessels engaged in the Dutch 



herring fishery in his time, 359 ; his opinion as to the injury inflicted on 



the trade by the laws then in force, 365 

 Denmark, claim to exclusive fishing rights in the northern seas, 401, 424, 



4 2 S> 437 > history of disputes with the Dutch as to the right of fishing in 



the open sea, 475-482 



