INDEX. 613 



Iron concrete, 98 



Iron, extensively used in the construction of piers, &c., 92 ; its destructi- 

 bility, 92 



" KYDELLI," 146, 147, 232 



LAWS relating to fisheries. Prohibition of " kidelli " or weirs, 146-148, 151 ; 

 laws respecting the salmon fishery, 149, 165, 210, 219 ; laws against 

 taking fry of fish, 149, 151 ; enactments having special reference to the 

 river Thames, 150 ; to the size of the mesh in nets, 151, 152, 238, 280 ; 

 to the sale of undersized fish, 152, 153, 170, 267, 268, 269, 273; laws 

 against forestallers, 154-156, 158-162, 240, 241 ; regrators, 159-162 ; 

 and ingrossers, 159-162 ; laws with reference to the sale offish, 155-162, 

 240, 272 ; laws relating to capture of lobsters and crabs, 170, 220, 267, 

 268, 269, 272 ; laws affecting the herring fisheries, 171, 172, 245, 247- 

 249 ; abolition of restrictions on sea fisheries, 172, 219, 240, 242 ; 

 abolition of fast days, 175 ; the re-establishment under another form, 176; 

 restrictions on imports from abroad, 176-178 ; grants of bounties and 

 loans, 178-181, 183-185, 282, 287 ; laws as to branding, 181 ; laws 

 prohibiting settlement of fishermen in Newfoundland, 186 ; repealed, 

 1 86 ; grants of foreshore for cultivation of oysters and mussels, 186 ; 

 law as to harbours, suggested improvement, 189 ; laws respecting the 

 oyster fishery, 186, 220, 249, 253, 260, 261-266, 267, 268, 271, 272; 

 laws as to outrages on fishermen at sea, 191, 236, 288 ; lettering and 

 numbering of fishing vessels, 191, 237; French convention of 1843, X 95> 

 2 35> 2 39 2 ^9 ; convention of the Hague, 1882, 197 ; special laws 

 respecting the use of drift-nets, 198, 236, 248, 278 ; of trawl-nets, 200, 

 237, 246, 248, 255, 260, 278, 279 ; regulations as to lights to be carried 

 by fishing vessels, 205, 206, 237, 238, 266 ; immunity of fishermen from 

 forced service in the Navy, 241, 249 ; right of fishermen to use waste 

 lands for drying their nets, the erection of landing stages, &c., 242 ; right 

 of fishermen to exercise certain restricted trades, 243 ; appointment of 

 White Herring Fisheries Commissioners, 243 ; constitution of the Board 

 altered, 246 *, laws respecting breach of contract by fishermen, 250 ; laws 

 relating to apprentices, 250 ; the Merchant Shipping Acts and their 

 relation to the fishing industry, 250, 251 ; exemption offish from Customs 

 report and entry, 253 ; prohibition of the use of dynamite for the capture 

 of fish, 254 ; rating of fishermen, 254 ; protection of clam and bait beds, 

 255 ; of spawning beds, 260, 261 ; of mussel beds, 261 j laws with 

 respect to close time, 149, 165, 172, 245, 248, 249, 270-272 



Leicester, Earl of, his administration of the united provinces of the Nether- 

 lands, 342 



Lely, J. van der, his * Recueil of the Grand Fishery,' 354 



Leslie, James, his plans for harbour at Roome Bay, 1 1 



Lettering of fishing boats, 191, 237, 245 



Life-belts, neglect of fishermen to wear them, 120 



Life insurance, its importance to fishermen, 118; proposal relative to in- 

 surance by Government, of fishermen belonging to the Royal Naval 

 Reserve, 121 



