INDEX 113 



Mcinoriiil from Hants (Cobequid Bay^ x, xi 



" " Inspectors Hockin and Chapman xii 



Mfthotls of capture of shad. (See nets and weirs) xxvii 



" restoring fisheries, two xlii 



" procuring shad eggs for hatcheries xliii 



hatching shad described by Professor Prince xlr 



Mesh of nets, size of 5,6,19,26-8.33-5-9,42-9-51,5,64,76-7-9-80 



Middleton sitting 69 



Minudic sitting 77 



Miraniichi shad 82,83 



Mouctou sitting 82 



Morrison, T. F., interesting returns 105-106 



Natural spawning of shad xlii 



Xets first used in 1820 81 



drift nets for salmon prohibited by Fisheries Act, with exceptions 10 



" drift used in 1845 51,52 



" size and length of. (See lengths of nets). 



" kinds used xxvi-xxix 



Noel sitting 37 



Nonogenarian witness on shad fishing 55 



Nova Scotia shad not from U.S. waters 103 



Nictaux River 35,69,72 



" good spawning river 69,71 



Object of Commission 16, 17 



Obstructions on rivers. (See also dams) xxxvi 



Open season, shad and salmon 5 



Overfishing of shad xxxvi, 61-2-5-6-7, 71 



" caused scarcity 61-2-5-6-7, 71, 103 



Patrol Oflicers, recommendations for 7 



Penn, William, on shad 1682 xiv 



Perley, Dr. M. H., reports on, 1851 xxx, xxxii 



spawn shad unfit for food xxv 



" " " sea shad superior to river shad xxv 



Petitions. (See memorial). 



Petitcodiac River 6,80,82,86 



Permit to be issued . . 6 



Pokemouche shad 83 



Pre den Haut, N.B., sitting 80 



Present condition demands eflective methods 4,62-3-4-5-6 



Prince, Prof. E. E.. chairman. Preface to Report by vii 



" " " International Fishery Commissioner at Washington, D.C. . . . ilvii 



" Report on shad culture in 1902 xlv, xhi 



Prince, Fred. D., fisherman, on shad fishing gg 



Price of shad in 1791 j 



1838 xi,26 



" recent years. (See higli prices) xl, 66, 77, 82, 83, 99 



Prince Edward Island shad xxiii 



Protect spawning shad * 43^^ 52 to 94 



Quantity of shad taken in 1864-70 by one boat 55 



Range of shad xxi, xxii, xxiii 



Regulations to be posted 8 



Reserves for shad and salmon g 



Resolutions of United States Conference xlvii 



Restoration of shad desirable 18 to 50-94 



Recommendations 59 



Recommendations reviewed , jjiy ]_ ]jj 



Restrictions years ago might have saved fishery xlii, xliii, 62 



in rivers Bay of Fuudy ^2 (j.'i 91 



Uestrictivu laws. United States xxxiv xliii 



Kicbibucto shad 83 



