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bounties ineffectual to revive the 

 trade, ix., 440. Coast fishing 

 Branches of the fishery comprised 

 under this term, ix., 440 ; description 

 of vessels employed, ix., 441 ; places 

 engaged in the North Sea fishery, 

 ix., 441 ; smoked herring or "buck- 

 ing," ix., 442 ; comparative im- 

 munity of the coast fishery from 

 herring laws, ix., 442 ; coast fisher- 

 men prohibited from curing herring, 

 ix. , 443-445 ; prosperity of the coast 

 fishery in the early part of the 

 eighteenth century, ix., 445 ; its sub- 

 sequent decline, ix., 446 ; grant of 

 bounties, ix., 446; legislation as to 

 the kind of nets to be used in the 

 " fresh fishery," ix., 447-451 ; at- 

 tempts to stop trawling, ix., 449- 

 451 ; decline of the "fresh fishery," 

 ix., 452 ; fisheries of the Zuider Zee, 

 jealousy between fishermen of the 

 various states bordering the Zuider 

 Zee, ix., 453 ; description of fish 

 caught there, ix., 454 ; disputes at 

 an early period as to use of improper 

 nets, ix., 454, 455 ; continuance of 

 these and other disputes after esta- 

 blishment of the Republic, ix., 445, 

 458 ; regulations for the herring 

 fishery, ix., 459 ; fitful invasion of 

 herring shoals of immense size, ix., 

 459 ; disputes with England as to 

 the right to fish in the open sea, ix., 

 460-475 ; similar disputes with Den- 

 mark, ix., 475-489- THE FISHERIES 



SINCE THE END OF THE DUTCH RE- 

 PUBLIC Establishment of the Bata- 

 vian Republic, ix. , 482 ; abolition of 

 the " College of the Grand Fishery," 

 and constitution of the " Committee 

 for the Affairs of the Grand Fishery," 

 ix., 482 ; falling off in the herring 

 fishery, ix., 483, 484 ; strict appli- 

 cation of the laws for the protection 

 of the Grand Fishery, ix., 485 ; 

 general decay of the fisheries, ix., 

 486 ; codification of the laws respect- 

 ing the fisheries, ix., 487, 498 ; pro- 

 visions of the new law, ix., 489, 490 ; 

 rights appertaining to the different 



branches of the fishery defined, ix., 

 490-492 ; constitution and functions 

 of the Grand Fishery Committee, ix., 

 493 ; " hospital ships," ix., 494, 495 ; 

 grant of bounties renewed, ix., 495- 

 497 ; formation of an African whaling 

 company, ix., 497 ; injury caused to 

 the fishery by the wars following the 

 peace of Amiens, ix., 498; abortive 

 attempt to establish a Dutch herring 

 company in London, ix., 500 ; aboli- 

 tion of the Dutch fishery laws at the 

 time of the annexation to France, ix., 

 500 ; establishment of the kingdom 

 of the Netherlands, ix., 502 ; revival 

 of the herring fishery laws, ix., 502 ; 

 grants of bounties and other measure, 

 for the promotion of the fisheries, ix., 

 502 ; attempts to revive the whale 

 fishery, ix., 503 ; further protective 

 legislation with respect to the cured 

 herring trade, ix., 504-512 ; opposi- 

 tion to the Grand Fisheries monopoly 

 of curing herring, ix., 506-510; de- 

 finition of the different quantities of 

 cured herring, ix., 512, 513 ; Dutch 

 fishermen prohibited from fishing 

 within a certain distance of the British 

 shores, ix., 513 ; organization of 

 " sale hunting " with doubtful results, 

 ^j 5 r S> S 1 ^ ; effects of foreign com- 

 petition, ix., 516, 517; proposal for 

 the formation of an association with 

 the monopoly of collecting herrings 

 from fishing vessels, and selling them 

 at prices to be agreed upon, ix., 517- 

 520; the proposed plan partially 

 adopted, ix., 521 ; restrictive legisla- 

 lation with regard to the other 

 fisheries, ix., 523 ; laws as to size of 

 mesh for nets, ix., 523; restriction 

 and subsequent prohibition of trawl- 

 ing, ix., 523 ; refusal of certain States 

 to recognise this law, ix., 524 ; fluc- 

 tuations in the hook-and-line and 

 fresh herring fisheries consequent on 

 the grant of bounties to one or the 

 other of those industries, ix., 524, 

 525 ; abortive attempt to restrict the 

 use of shrimp nets, ix., 525, 526 ; 

 resumJ of the various monopolies 



