Subjects for Prize Essays. 



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SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL PRIZES. 



NAME OF DONOR. 



II. On the Legislation at present applicable to the 

 Salmon Fisheries in England and Wales, and 

 the best means of Improving it 



III. On the Legislation at present applicable to the 

 Salmon Fisheries in Ireland, and the best 

 means of Improving it 



IV. On the Introduction and Acclimatisation of 

 Foreign Fish 



V. On the Propagation of Fresh-water Fish, ex- 

 cluding Salmonidse .. 



VI. On the Propagation of the Salmonidse .. 



VII. On Salmon Disease: Its Cause and Prevention 

 VI1L On Oyster Culture 



IX. On the best Method which has been prac- 

 tically tested of cultivating Crustacea . . 



X. On the best Means of increasing the Supply 

 of Mussels and other Molluscs (Oysters ex- 

 cepted) used either for Bait or Food 



XI. On the best System of Life Insurance for 

 Fishermen, and of Insuring Boats, Gear, 

 Nets, etc 



XII. A Descriptive Account of the Angling So- 

 cieties of the Metropolis, showing their Origin, 

 Extent, and Constitution ; as well as of the 

 Benevolent Organisations attached to them .. 



XIII. On the Currents, Temperatures, and other 

 Physical Conditions of the Sea in relation to 

 Eeproduction, Growth, and Migrations of Fish 



XIV. On the History of Dutch Sea Fisheries, their 

 Progress, Decline, and Kevival, especially in 

 connection with the Legislation on Fisheries 

 in earlier and later Times .." 



XV. On the Herring Fisheries 



XVI. On the Natural History and Cultivation of 

 the Sole 



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THE COMMITTEE OP THE 

 INTERNATIONAL FISHERII s 

 EXHIBITION. 



Sir HENRY PEEK, Bart, M.P. 



Sir HENRY PEEK, Bart., M.P. 



!THE COMMITTEE OF THE 

 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES 

 EXHIBITION. 



THE MARQUIS OF HAMILTON 

 (THE LIVERPOOL FISH TRADE 

 \ ASSOCIATION. 



{THE COMMITTEE OF THE 

 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES 

 EXHIBITION. 



JW. AMHERST TYSSEN-AM- 

 \ HERST, Esq., M.P. 



THE COMMITTEE OF THE 

 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES 

 EXHIBITION. 



(THE LIVERPOOL FISH TRADE 

 \ ASSOCIATION. 



REGULATIONS. 



I. All competitors shall enclose their names and addresses in a cover to the Secretary ; the 

 subject of their Essays and their motto to be clearly written on the outside of such cover. 



II. Jurors will be appointed to adjudicate upon the various Essays, and, where possible, it 

 is proposed to secure the aid of foreign experts for this purpose. 



III. After the Jurors have awarded the Prizes, the covers above referred to shall be opened 

 in the presence of the Chairman of the Essay Committee and the Secretary, who shall declare 

 the names of the successful Competitors. 



IV. The Committee of Management have power to publish the whole, or part of any, that 

 may be submitted to competition. Essays not published will be returned on the application 

 of the writers, but the Committee of Management do not make themselves, or any of the 

 officers of the Exhibition, liable for the loss of any Essay or Essays. 



V. The Judges are not bound to award a Prize unless they consider one of the Essays 

 deserving of it. 



VI. No Prize shall be given for an Essay which has already appeared in print. 



VII. All Essays, with the motto attached, must be addressed to the Secretary of the Great 

 International Fisheries Exhibition, 1883, London. 



VIII. Every Essay must be written in the English language, or must be accompanied by a' 

 English translation, and must be sent in, so as to arrive at the offices of the Exhibition, on or 

 before May the 1st, 1883. 



