INDEX. 609 



from fishing vessels, and selling them at prices to be agreed upon, 517- 

 520; the proposed plan partially adopted, 521 ; restrictive legislation 

 with regard to the other fisheries, 523 ; laws as to size of mesh for nets, 

 523 ; restriction and subsequent prohibition of trawling, 523 ; refusal of 

 certain States to recognise this law, 524 ; fluctuations in the hook and 

 line and fresh herring fisheries consequent on the grant of bounties to one 

 or the other of those industries, 524, 525 ; abortive attempt to restrict 

 the use of shrimp nets, 525, 526 ; resume of the various monopolies 

 created by preceding legislation, 527 ; effect of the system of protection 

 on the fishing industry, 529-534 ; the anchovy fishery in the Zuider Zee, 

 533 ; agitation on the subject of free trade in fishery, 534 ; reduction of 

 bounties, 540, 549 ; gradual removal of restrictions and monopolies, 542, 

 544, 545, 549 ; Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire 

 into the operation of the fishery laws, 546-548 ; establishment of eritire 

 liberty of sea fishing, and repeal of laws prohibiting importation of sea 

 fish, 553 ; assays of herring made facultative, 553 ; abolition of duties on 

 imported fish, 553 ; regulations with respect to the brands for different 

 qualities of herring, 554 ; increase of the fisheries under the system of 

 free trade, 555 ; introduction of cotton nets, 556 ; improvement in the 

 herring fishery retarded by increased foreign competition, and by 

 fraudulent practices of dealers and other causes, 557-560 ; alteration in 

 the character of the vessels engaged in the fishery, owing to the use of 

 cotton nets, 561, 562 ; sea fishery exhibitions, 563 ; practice of sending 

 out "hospital ships" with fishing fleet discontinued, 563; end of the 

 monopoly in "sale hunting," 564, 565 ; and of the previous distinction 

 between the grand and the coast fisheries, 565 ; abolition of the herring 

 brand and the causes which led to it, 566-568 ; benefit to the trade of 

 such abolition, 569 ; present state of the hook fishery, 571 ; of the fresh 

 fishery, 572, 573 ; alleged falling off in the quantity of fish caught, 573 ; 

 probable revival of prohibitions of trawling, &c., 574 ; restrictions as to 

 the use of pocket nets in the Zuider Zee, 575 ; establishment of a close 

 time for seals, 576 ; attempt to revive the whale fishery in recent years, 



577 ; extinction of the cod fishery off Iceland, 577 ; desertion of crews of 

 fishing vessels, 578 ; effect of the plan adopted for payment of wages, 



578 ; imposition of penalties for desertion, 579 ; depredations committed 

 by fishermen of various countries upon each other, 580, 581 ; Convention 

 of the Hague for the prevention of such outrages, 581 ; laws respecting 

 the numbering and lettering of fishing vessels, 581 ; statistics of the 

 fisheries, 582-585, 592-602 ; text of the herring fishery law of 1818, 

 586-591 



Dynamite- Fishing Act, 254 



Dynamite, destruction of fish caused by its use in the fisheries, 203 ; legisla- 

 tion with respect to it, 254 



ELECTRIC Telegraphs. See Telegraphs. 



England, east coast, principal harbours, 4, 5 ; absence of havens in the 



northern portion, 5 ; admirable position of Filey for a harbour of refuge, 



5-7 ; North Sunderland, 7-9 



