INDEX. 615 



Newquay (Cornwall), harbour capable of extension, 25 

 Norfolk Crab and Lobster Act, its principal provisions, 267 ; repealed, 267 

 North Sea, the, great fishing-ground of Northern Europe, 256 

 Numbering of fishing-boats, 192, 237 



ORANGE, Prince of, his policy in relation to the Dutch Sea fisheries, 324, 

 326, 328, 342 



Orders in Council, 236 



Ottermouth Haven (South Devon), urgent need for a harbour, 36 ; suggestion 

 for provision of funds for its construction, 36 



Outrages on fishermen at sea, 191, 192, 236, 288 



Overbury, Sir Thomas, his opinions as to the rivalry between England and 

 the Dutch on the sea, 464 



Oyster and Mussels Fishery Orders Confirmation Act, 1869 (No. 2), 265 



Oysters, grants of foreshore for their cultivation, 186, 187 ; protection of 

 oysters possibly a fit subject for legislation, 208 ; present state of the law 

 respecting them, 220 ; Act of 1875, 253 ; position of principal oyster 

 beds, 260 ; protection of spawning beds, 261-265 '> legislation affecting 

 the artificial cultivation of oysters, 265, 268 ; as to prohibiting the taking 

 of oysters in particular localities, 267 ; provisions of Act of 1877 with 

 respect to close time, 268 ; legislation with respect to close time, 271, 272 



PADSTOW, its suitability as a site for a harbour of refuge, 26 



Payment of crews of fishing-boats, 251, 252, 253 



Peterhead, its importance as a fishery port, 12 ; insufficiency of harbour space, 

 12 ; superiority over other ports on the E. coast of Scotland, 13 ; re- 

 commended by Commission of 1858 as a site for a harbour of refuge, 13 ; 

 its position in regard to the Scotch fisheries, 13, 14; importance of the 

 fishery carried on in the vicinity, 14 ; recommendation of Commission of 

 1858 with respect to the provision of funds for constructing a harbour of 

 refuge, 15 ; decision of the Government thereon, 16 



Pickle-herring, origin of the term, 313 



Pierres perdttes, 100 



Pollution of rivers, 167, 169 



Port Isaac (Cornwall), facilities afforded by this place for construction of a 

 harbour, 25 



Portland Race, 63 ; how caused, 64 

 cement, tests for quality, 97 



Price offish a subject of contention from very early times, 153-162, 240 ; laws 

 passed with the view of keeping down prices, 154-162, 240 ; causes 

 which influence it, 290-293 



Protection of fish, legislation with respect to close time, 270-273 ; needless- 

 ness of such restrictions, 273 ; description of tke various measures 

 adopted for the protection of fish, 274 ; suggestions for their improve- 

 ment, 275-278 



Private rights, how defined, 226 



RACES, roosts or overfalls, how caused, 63 ; their effect in breaking the force 

 of waves, 64-66 



