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Publicus. Practical notes on the legislation for the fisheries of 

 the St. Lawrence. By Publicus. Addressed to William 

 Rhodes, Esq., President of the fish and game protection club. 

 Quebec, [n. d.] 8. 



Puckle (James). England's interest; or a brief discourse of 

 the Royal Fishery ; in a letter to a friend. Second edition. 

 London, 1696. 16. 



England's path to wealth and honour, in a dialogue 



between an Englishman and a Dutchman. London, 1699. 

 8. Other editions : 1700, 1707, 1718 & 1722. 



[Reprinted in "The Somers tracts," 1750, vol.8, pp. 422-40; 

 1809-15, vol. ii, pp. 371-386.] 



Raleigh ( Sir Walter). Observations touching trade and com- 

 merce with the Hollanders and other nations, as it was 

 presented to King James, wherein is proved that our sea and 

 land commodities serve to enrich and strengthen other 

 countries against our own. London, 1653. 12.; [Re-issued 

 as:-] 



Select observations relating to trade, commerce and coin. 

 London, 1696. fol.; [and again as :~\ 



Sir Walter Raleigh's observations on the British fishery, 

 and on several other points relating to trade and commerce. 

 By him addressed and presented to King James I. London, 

 reprinted in the year 1720 and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick- 

 lane, pp. viii. 55. 4. 



Ramsay ( Allan). The prospect of plenty : a poem on the 

 North sea fishery : inscribed to the Right Honourable the 

 Royal Burrows of Scotland. 1721. 4. 



Reasons. Reasons humbly offered for the adding the word 

 lobsters, to the exception made to a Bill, entituled, a Bill to 

 prevent the sale, within this Kingdom, of fish, taken by 

 forreigners in forreign vessels, (n. d.) s. sh. fol. 



Reeves (John). A history of the law of shipping and navi- 

 gation. London : Brooke, 1792. 8. 

 [Chap. V. The fisheries.] 



Reports to Parliament. Reports by the Commissioners for 

 the herring fishery, for years 1 809 to 1 840 ; 



Reports by the Commissioners for the British fisheries, for 

 years 1841 to 1868 ; 



[ The collection of returns for England as rendered by the Scotch 

 Board had ceased in 1850 and those for the Isle of Man in 1868. 

 The returns being thus restricted to Scotland the title given to the 

 subsequent reports was :] 



