612 INDEX. 



Helmsdale, capacity of harbour and its defects, 17 ; suggestions for improve- 

 ment and provision of funds for carrying out the work, 1 7 



Hemp, appointment of trustees for improving its manufacture, 282 



Herring "brand," opinions for and against its retention, 181 ; legislation 

 respecting it, 228, 244, 247, 248 ; abolition of the herring brand in 

 Holland, 568. See also Dutch Sea Fisheries. 



Herring fisheries, laws regulating size of mesh in nets, 171 ; law as to the 

 description Jof net to be used, 171 ; both restrictions condemned by a 

 Commission of Enquiry, 172 ; establishment of a close time on W. coast 

 of Scotland, 172, 248 ; abolition of all restrictions, 172 ; statistics of 

 Scotch fisheries, 173; the herring "brand," 181, 244, 247, 248; 

 apparent inexhaustibility of the herring, 201 ; penalties for possession of 

 herring during close time on W. coast of Scotland, 248; reduction of 

 close time on W. coast of Scotland, 249 ; legislation with respect to 

 close time on W. coast of Scotland, 271 ; discovery by Beukelsz, a 

 Dutchman, of a method of curing herrings, 306 ; Dutch Herring Fishery 

 (See Dutch Sea Fisheries"). 



Hitchcock, Robert, his plan for the organization of the British fisheries, 463 



*' Hookers," a name given by the Dutch to vessels engaged in the cod fishery, 

 431 



Hooks (floekschen), a name applied to a political party in the Netherlands in 

 the fifteenth century, 309 



Hull, its importance as a fishing port, 255 



Humber, the, a great fishing station, 5 ; the " Binks " shoals, 5 



Hungerford Fish Market, 164 



IMMATURE fish, their capture prohibited, 151, 152 ; means adopted to pre- 

 vent their capture, 245, 246, 248, 249, 273 



Importation offish, restrictions thereon, 176-178; exemptions from loss 

 respecting imports, 183. See also Dutch Sea Fisheries. 



Impressment of fishermen, regulations respecting, 175, 241, 242, 249, 250 



Ingrossers, laws respecting, 159-162 



Insurance, its importance to fishermen, 118 ; facilities for insurance offered 

 by Friendly -Societies, 119, 120; insurance of boats and stores, 121 ; 

 benefits of Mutual Marine Insurance, 121 ; its mode of working, 122-133'; 

 necessity for amendment of law requiring marine policies to be issued 

 annually, 134 ; insurance of fishing gear, 135 



International conventions, desirability of conventions for regulation of fisheries, 

 !93> 2^7 ; convention regulating seal fisheries, 194 ; the French con- 

 ventions, 194, 235, 239, 269 ; convention of the Hague, 1882, 197, 581 ; 

 conditions necessary to secure observance of regulations laid down by 

 conventions, 288 



Ireland, east coast, localities in which improved harbour accommodation is 

 needed, 36, 37 



Irish Channel, character of the fisheries carried on there, 



Irish Fisheries, Bill authorising loans to fishermen, 228 ; appointment of 

 fishery officers, 247 ; benefits likely to result from a system of loans to 

 fishermen, 283 



