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line from Bull's Head, near Dingle, to Cununna, near 

 Valentia. 



" Bantry Bay. — Prohibiting trawling within a straight 

 line from Crowdy Point to Carrigskye Eock ; and from 

 thence to Eeeiiavanny Point, on the north shore of Whiddy 

 Island. 



" Watei'ford Harbour. — Prohibiting trawling within a 

 line drawn from Creden Head to Temple Church. 



" Wexford Coast. — Prohibiting trawling in all places 

 where there are boats engaged in herring or mackerel drift- 

 net fishing ; and that trawl boats shall keep at a distance 

 of at least three miles from all boats fishing for herrings 

 or mackerel with drift nets. And whenever herring or 

 mackerel boats shall commence drift-net fishing in any 

 place on or off the coast of Wexford, the trawl boats 

 shall depart therefrom, and keep at least three miles 

 distant from the drift-net herring or mackerel boats." 



With the view of lessening the expense to the nation 

 of maintaining the Fishery Board and the officers of 

 inspection, an Act was passed on the 2d August 1858, the 

 21 and 22 Vict. cap. 69, requiring that a fee of 4d. per 

 barrel and 2d. per half-barrel should be paid by the appli- 

 cants for the brand, when the officers apply it on finding 

 the persons entitled to this test of quality ; the fee to be 

 collected for, and paid over to, the Consolidated Fund. 



We find the following account of the state of the 

 fishery at Wick published in the Northern Ensign of 

 16th December 1858, which exhibits in a striking manner 

 the great progress of the fishery since the year mentioned 

 (1800), at that port:— 



" OUR FISHING IN 1800. 



" Through the kindness of a local gentleman, we are 



