FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Revenues derived in ancient times from 

 allowing foreign nations to fish on 

 Irish coasts, vii., 98 



Rhine salmon, i., 118 ; xi., 490 



Rhode Island, statistics of its fisheries, 

 v., 24, 25, 29, 31, 41 



Rhodian maritime laws, a code origi- 

 nally promulgated by the Emperor 

 Tiberius, i., 487 



Ribble Basin, pollution of rivers 

 therein, iv., 252, 256, 284 



Ribbon-fish, anatomical details of the 

 family to which it belongs, i., 140 



Ricardo's smelt-hatching box, the ap- 

 paratus described, ii., 64 



Rice, as an element of diet, vii., II 



Richmond and Gordon, Duke of, 

 speech by him at the opening of the 

 Exhibition, xiii., 245 



Ridley, Mr., Acting Commissioner for 

 Newfoundland, remarks by him on 

 seal fisheries of that country, vii., 168 



Right whale, form of "spouts," iii., 

 258 ; citation of Mr. Beale's opinion 

 in reference to "spouting," iii., 259 



)Rimouski, former abundance of cod- 

 fish, v., 121, 152 



Ring-swallowing myth, its origin and 

 adaptations, iii., 58, 60 



Riparian owners, their rights, i., 2IO- 



212, 217 



River and pond fishes, an inquiry as to 

 what fishes are best adapted for the 

 purposes of the fish-culturist, ii., 72 



River banks, right of using them for 

 fishing, i., 210-212 



River boundary between two land- 

 owners, i., 211, 212 



River carp, superior in flavour to pond 

 carp, vii., 82 



River conservators, their constitution 

 and powers, i., 230-235 ; vi., 168 



River fisheries of United States enume- 

 rated, v., 26 



River pollutions. See Pollution of 

 rivers. 



River smelt. See Gudgeon. 



River water for summer use in hatching- 

 houses, vi., 37 



River sturgeon fishery of United States, 

 v., 26 



River Waters Protection Bill (1865) 

 iv., 283 



Rivers Conservancy and Floods Pre- 

 vention Bill (1881), iv., 288; (1882), 

 iv., 290 



Rivers Conservancy Bill (1879), iv., 

 287 



Rivers Conservancy Boards, no provi- 

 sion for their formation in the Rivers 

 Pollution Prevention Act of 1876, iv., 

 279 ; their constitution advocated by 

 Select Committee of House of Lords 

 in 1877, iv., 286; suggestion em- 

 bodied in Bills of 1879, iv -> 2 %7 ; 

 and 1881, iv., 288 ; abortive attempts 

 at legislation for their constitution, 

 iv., 290, 291. See also Conservators 

 of Fisheries. 



Rivers exempted from control of fishery 

 districts or special local Acts : Der- 

 went of Cumberland, Great Ouse, 

 Itchin, Welland, Witham, i., 234 



Rivers Floods Prevention Bill (1881), 

 iv., 287 



Rivers subject to special rules : Severn, 

 Thames, i., 234 



Rivers Pollution Act, request that its 

 provisions may be enforced in the case 

 of the river Wye, vii., 42 ; time of 

 enactment, vii., 68; its inefftcacy, 

 vii., 69 



Rivers, their power of cleansing them- 

 selves from pollution, vii., 43 



Rivers Pollution Prevention Act (1876), 

 iv., 279, 286, 295 



Rivers Pollution (Scotland) Bill (1864), 

 iv., 283 



Rivers, salmon, productiveness in olden 

 times, ii., 284; artificial drawbacks 

 to their productiveness, ii., 287, 288 ; 

 productiveness at present in America 

 under natural conditions, ii., 288; 

 extent to which they are rendered 

 unproductive by pollutions, ii., 338- 



345 



Rivers, Alpine, sources of replenish- 

 ment, ii., 470 



Roach, anatomical details of the family 

 to which this fish belongs, i., 168 ; 

 analysis of its flesh, i., 365 ; price in 

 1451, i., 398; quality of flesh, i., 



