ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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Coney fish, or burbot, use in heraldry, 

 iii., 67 



Conferences in connection with the 

 Fisheries Exhibition, importance of 

 the papers read thereat, iv., 429 ; 

 object and value of papers read at, 

 vii., 172 ; xiiL, 3 



Conger-eel, its size and use as food, L, 

 174; viii., 313; amount of carbon 

 and nitrogen in its flesh, L, 362 ; 

 chemical analysis thereof, L, 365 ; 

 quality of flesh, L, 427 ; x., 407-409 ; 

 extrusion of ova, ii., 21 ; the odour of 

 a cooking conger, iiL, 14 ; use in 

 heraldry, iiL, 67, 69 ; as stock for 

 turtle soup, viL, 21 ; " long line " 

 fishing for congers, viL, 289 ; anato- 

 mical details of the family and genus 

 to which it belongs, viiL, 310 ; x., 

 395 ; names given to this fish, viiL, 

 310; x., 409; varieties, viiL, 310; 

 habits, viii., 310 ; x., 396-398 ; its 

 strength of digestion and voracity, 

 viiL, 311 ; means of capture, viiL, 

 312 ; x., 406, 407 ; breeding, viiL, 



312 ; recent discoveries in reference 

 thereto, x,, 399-404 ; habitat, viii., 



313 ; injuriously affected by extreme 

 cold, viii., 313 ; size attained by it; 

 viiL, 314 ; geographical distribution, 

 *-> 396 ; food, x., 398 ; Leptocephali^ 

 x., 404-406 ; commercial value, x., 

 409 ; general description, x., 409 



Conjaveram (India), fishing castes 

 there, iL, 467 



Connecticut, statistics of its fisheries, v., 

 24, 25, 29, 31, 41 



Connecticut River, cultivation of salmon 

 in it, vL, 61 



Conon (Scotland), district fishery board 

 extinct, vL, 196 



Conservators of fisheries, Local Boards 

 of, powers with respect to weirs, 

 dams, and fixed engines, L, 219- 

 220, 222 ; to fishing for salmon, L, 

 223 ; iL, 313 ; to net fishing, L, 

 224 ; ii., 313 ; grants of licenses to 

 fish for salmon, &c., L, 224 ; powers 

 with respect to pollution of rivers, L, 

 225 ; to close times, L, 227-230 ; 

 qualifications and powers of members, 



L, 230-234; their authority to dis- 

 pose of funds raised by grants of fish- 

 ing licenses, ii., 313 



Constabulary, assistance rendered by 

 them in Ireland, towards prevention* 

 of pollution of rivers vL, 199 



Constituents of food required by man 

 under different circumstances, fish in- 

 ks relation thereto, viL, ii, 12 



Contamination of rivers, rendered penal, 

 viL, 67 



Cotiula diadema. See Whale barnacle. 



Conventions with foreign powers, 

 liberty of British subjects to fish on 

 the high seas, i, 208 ; provisions of 

 certain Conventions, L, 242-245 



Conveyance of fish, in England by rail- 

 way, L, 48 ; improvement of railway 

 communication in Sweden, v., 258 ; 

 high rates for fish carriage, vL, 87 ^ 

 means of transport in Ireland, vL, 

 H3 



Conveyance of fish from " trawlers " to 

 carriers, iv., 35 



Conveyance of fish to market, advan- 

 tages to be derived from a more 

 general use of steam fishing vessels, 

 x., 432, 433; steam carriers, x^ 

 436-446 ; conveyance by rail, xv 

 446-453 ; advantages to be derived 

 from use of refrigerating vans, x^ 

 453-456 



Convict labour, may be employed with 

 advantage under certain circum- 

 stances, for construction of harbours, 



iv., 378, 384; i*., 16 

 Conway, pearls found in mussels there, 



vL, 323 

 Conway river, epidemic of salmon 



disease there, vL, 361 

 Cookery, National School of, supply of 



fish dinners at a cheap rate to persons 



visiting the Exhibition, iv., 134; 



xiii., 259 

 Cookery, practical, Department of, at 



Fisheries Exhibition, viL, 24 

 Cooking, its effect upon the nutritive 



value of fish, i., 363 

 Cooking of fish, modes adopted on the 



Southern coasts of England, iv., 12; 



Sir Henry Thompson on fish-cookery, 

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