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created by preceding legislation, ix., 

 527 ; effect of the system of protection 

 on the fishing industry, ix., 529-534 ; 

 the anchovy fishery in the Zuider 

 Zee, ix., 533 ; agitation on the subject 

 of free trade in fishery, ix., 534 ; re- 

 duction of bounties, ix., 540, 549 ; 

 gradual removal of restrictions and 

 monopolies, ix., 542, 544, 545, 549 ; 

 Report of the Royal Commission ap- 

 pointed to inquire into the operation 

 of the fishery laws, ix., 544-586 ; 

 establishment of entire liberty of sea 

 fishing, and repeal of laws prohibit- 

 ing importation of sea fish, ix., 553 ; 

 assays of herring made facultative, 

 ix., 553 ; abolition of duties on im- 

 ported fish, ix., 553 ; regulations 

 with respect to the brands for dif- 

 ferent qualities of herring, ix., 554 ; 

 increase of the fisheries under the 

 system of free trade, ix., 555 ; intro- 

 duction of cotton nets, ix., 556 ; im- 

 provement in the herring fishery 

 retarded by increased foreign compe- 

 tition, and by fraudulent practices 

 of dealers and other causes, ix., 557- 

 560 ; alteration in the character of 

 the vessels engaged in the fishery, 

 owing to the use of cotton nets, ix., 

 561, 562 ; sea fishery exhibitions, ix., 

 563 ; practice of sending out ' ' hos- 

 pital ships" with fishing fleet dis- 

 continued, ix., 563 ; end of the 

 monopoly in " sale hunting," ix., 

 564, 565 ; and of the previous dis- 

 tinction between the grand and the 

 coast fisheries, ix., 565 ; abolition of 

 the herring brand and the causes 

 which led to it, ix., 566-568 ; benefit 

 to the trade of such abolition, ix., 

 569 ; present state of the hook 

 fishery, ix., 571 ; of the fresh fishery, 

 ix., 572, 573 ; alleged falling off in 

 the quantity of fish caught, ix., 573 ; 

 probable revival of prohibitions of 

 trawling, &c., ix., 574 ; restrictions 

 as to the use of pocket nets in the 

 Zuider Zee, ix., 575 ; establishment 

 of a close time for seals, ix., 576; 

 attempt to revive the whale fishery in 



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recent years, ix., 577 ; extinction of 

 the cod fishery off Iceland, ix., 578 ; 

 desertion of crews of fishing vessels, 

 ix., 578 ; effect of the plan adopted 

 for payment of wages, ix., 579 ; im- 

 position of penalties for desertion, ix., 

 579 ; depredations committed by 

 fishermen of various countries upon 

 each other, ix., 580,. 581 ; Conven- 

 tion of the Hague for the prevention 

 of such outrages, ix., 581 ; laws re- 

 specting the numbering and lettering 

 of fishing vessels, ix., 581 ; statistics 

 of the fisheries, ix., 582-585, 592- 

 602 ; text of the herring fishery law 

 of 1818, ix., 586-591 



Dutch spawning herring fisheries, their 

 alleged increase, v., 285 



Dutch system of storm signalling, vii., 

 180-182 



Duthiers, M. Lacaze, important scien- 

 tific results of his researches in the 

 culture of red coral, iv., 422 



Duties, licence, for salmon fishing, ii., 

 285, 286, 313 



Dye works, their agency in the pollution 

 of rivers, iv., 260, 266, 267, 270 



Dykes, danger of their being weakened 

 by dredging operations, v. , 92 ; the 

 submarine stone-works for their pro- 

 tection covered with oysters in some 

 places, v., 93; regulation for their 

 defence, v., 92 ; spat derived from 

 base of, v., 94 



Dynamite, legislation with respect to it 

 and other explosives, i., 225 ; ix., 

 254 ; destruction of fish caused by its 

 use in the fisheries, ix., 203 



Dynamite- Fishing Act, ix., 254 







Eagle Ray, i., 196 



Ealing Dean Convivial Angling Society, 

 hi., 174 



Earll, Mr. R. E., estimate of the value 

 of the secondary products of cod 

 fisheries of the United States, v., H; 

 history of fish culture in that country, 

 v., 12 ; account of the work of he 



