FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



wegian and Swedish fisheries, iv., 

 62; v., 153, 258, 259, 261, 274, 

 275, 284, 286, 288, 292 ; xi., 141, 

 142, 176; xiii., 82, 90-93; sub- 

 stantial progress of the fishery in the 

 United Kingdom, iv., 87, 89 ; close 

 time, iv., 93, 94, 207; ix., 148, 172, 

 248, 249 ; export of Scotch herrings 

 to Germany and Russia, iv., 139, 

 147 ; varying fortunes of the trade, 

 iv., 158 ; xi., 108 ; the United States 

 fishery, v., 2, 10, 25, 26; xiii., 79; 

 the Canadian fishery, v., 119, 134, 

 135 ; xiii., 59 ; value of Canadian 

 fishery, v., 133 ; modes of cure in 

 that country, v., 136; vessels used 

 in fishery, v., 134, 154; the Japanese 

 fishery, v., 192, 200; the herring 

 fishery in N. America, v., 236; xi., 

 143 ; views of Mr. Cleghorn on the 

 herring fishery, viii., 257 ; value of 

 gear used in the Scotch fishery, viii., 

 272 ; laws regulating size of mesh in 

 nets, ix., 171 ; law as to description 

 of net to be used, ix., 171 ; both 

 restrictions condemned by a Com- 

 mission of Enquiry, ix., 172; statistics 

 of the Scotch fishery, ix., 173 ; the 

 herring fishery on the east coast of 

 Scotland, ix., 183-224; no reduc- 

 tion of the supply of fish to be appre- 

 hended, ix., 201 ; xi., 124, 148; 

 legislation with respect to, on W. 

 Coast of Scotland, ix., 271 ; dis- 

 covery by Beukelsz, a Dutchman, 

 of a method of curing herring, ix., 

 306 ; abolition of the brand in 

 Holland, ix., 568. (See also Dutch 

 Fisheries) ; causes of comparative 

 neglect of the fisheries in Scotland till 

 recent times, xi., 105 ; origin of the 

 term "barrel" as applied to nets, xi., 

 106 ; diverse opinions respecting the 

 migratory habits of herring, xi., 

 106, 107, 173; occasional large 

 catches in early times, xi., 107; 

 "Carries," xi., 108 ; condition of 

 the fishery in the West of Scotland 

 at the beginning of the present cen- 

 tury, xi., 1 08 ; establishment of a 

 Scotch Fishery Board, xi., 108; 



grants of bounties, xi., 109 ; salt used 

 in curing herrings relieved from taxa- 

 tion, xi., 109 ; appointment of fishery 

 officers, xi., 109; mode of counting 

 herrings, xi., 109 ; lettering and 

 numbering of fishing boats, xi., 109 ; 

 attendance of a revenue cutter on the 

 fishing fleet, xi., 109, 146; improve- 

 ment of the fishery, xi., no; invention 

 by Paterson of a machine for making 

 nets, xi., no; introduction by Mr. 

 Fife of a superior class of fishing 

 vessels, xi., no; superiority of the 

 Penzance and St. Ives luggers, xi., 

 in; mode of hauling nets, xi., in; 

 suggestion for the carrying of ballast 

 outside boats, xi., in ; employment of 

 steam fishing vessels, xi., 112 ; plan 

 adopted at Shields of- towing fishing 

 boats, xi., 112; use of cutch for 

 tanning nets, &c., xi., 112; use of 

 trawl-nets in the herring fishery, xi., 

 113; opening of English market for 

 trawled herrings, xi., 113; trawling 

 forbidden by Act of 1860, xi., 114; 

 Act subsequently repealed, xi., 114 ; 

 size of trawl-nets now used, xi., 

 115 ; employment of steam-carriers 

 in connection with trawling fleet, 

 xi., 115; mode of using the trawl, 

 xi., 115, 116; indications of the 

 presence of herring, xi., 116, 121, 

 122, 168 ; use of steam launches 

 recommended, xi., 116; drift-net 

 fishing, xi., 116; erratic movements 

 of herring, xi., 116; falling off in 

 the fishery at Howth (Ireland), xi., 

 116; use of inverted drift-net, xi., 

 117, 167; use of bottom-nets at 

 Ballantrae, xi., 117 ; Ballantrae 

 banks a great spawning ground, xi., 

 117; herring fishing carried on there 

 from a very early period, xi., 118; 

 importance of the Ballantrae fishery 

 at the present day, xi., 118; ground- 

 lessness of objections to fishing at 

 spawning time, xi., 118; destruc- 

 tion of herrings, by other fish, 

 xi., 118; by sea-fowl, xi., 118; 

 abundance of herring on the Ayr- 

 shire coast at various times, xi., 



