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Parliamentary papers. Continued. 



can ascend, and whether the obstruction be natural or artificial. 



1874. 

 Return of persons charged under the Fishery Acts in force in the River 



Tweed and its tributaries, from 1st April 1872 to 3ist March 1874, 



with particulars of each case. 1874. 

 Bill intituled, An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by one of 



Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, in pursuance of the 



Salmon Fishery Act, 1873, relating to the Taw and Torridge Salmon 



Fishery District. 1875. 



Bill to amend " The Sea Fisheries Act, 1868." 1875. 

 Bill to provide for the establishment of a close time in the seal fishery in 



the seas adjacent to the eastern coasts of Greenland. 1875. 

 Report on the fisheries of Norfolk, especially crabs, lobsters, herrings 



and the broads, by the Inspectors of salmon fisheries. 1875. 

 Reports of the Inspectors of Salmon Fisheries on the Wye River bye-laws 



with correspondence. 1875. 

 Bill to make better provision for the encouragement and regulation of 



the coast and deep sea fisheries of Ireland. 1875. 

 Report by the Special Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 



operation of the Tweed Fisheries Acts. Vol. I, Report and 



Appendix. Vol. II, Minutes of Evidence. 1875. 

 Bill to preserve the crab and lobster fisheries on the coast of Norfolk. 

 Bill to amend the law relating to elver fishing. 1876. Same [as 



amended in Committee]. 1876. 

 Bill intituled, An Act to confirm an Order made by the Board of Trade 



under the Sea Fisheries Act, 1868, relating to Truro. 1876. 

 Bill for the better protection of oyster fisheries. 1876. 

 Bill to amend the law relating to salmon fisheries in England and Wales. 



1876. 

 Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made by one of Her Majesty's 



Principal Secretaries of State, in pursuance of the Salmon Fishery 



Act, 1873, relating to the River Tees Salmon Fishery District. 1876. 

 Report from the Select Committee appointed to inquire what are the 



reasons for the present scarcity of oysters, and as to the measures 



adopted by Parliament after the Report of the Royal Commission 



on Sea Fisheries in 1866 ; together with the Proceedings of the 



Committee. Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index. 1876. 

 Report by Mr. Spencer Walpole on the manner in which the Herne Bay, 



Hampton, and Reculver Oyster Fishery Company are cultivating 



the oyster grounds within the limits of the fishery granted them by 



" The. Herne Bay Fishery Act, 1864." 1876. 

 Report by the Inspectors of Salmon Fisheries, on the provisions of the 



1 5th Section of the Salmon Fishery Act, 1873, relating to elver 



fishing on the Severn. 1876. 

 Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Wye River 



bye-laws. 1876. 

 Bill for the regulation and encouragement of the coast and deep sea 



fisheries of Ireland. 1876. 

 Bill to prohibit the use of dynamite or other explosives for the purpose 



of catching or destroying fish in public fisheries. 1877. 

 Bill, intituled, an Act to amend the law relating to the fisheries of oysters, 



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