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during the summer months, visitors will he able to enjoy the 

 shade of surrounding foliage, and a freshness from the neighbour- 

 ing fountains, while they listen to the strains of music which will 

 be discoursed from the two newly-decorated band-stands at oppo- 

 site ends of the grounds. 



Seeing the important commercial interests which are involved 

 in all that relates to national fisheries, it is of course only 

 natural that the enormous collection of exhibits which have been 

 brought together at South Kensington from all quarters of the 

 globe should be primarily of a kind to illustrate the various 

 methods employed by different nations for capturing fish of every 

 description available for food. Accordingly, in the scheme of 

 classification which has been prepared, we note that the largest 

 and most important collection of exhibits will be found in Class 

 I., which comprehends fishing gear of all kinds, including boats, 

 punts, trawls, dredges, nets, lines, and hooks of every description. 

 The objects in this class have been grouped in two sections, 

 according as they relate to " sea-fishing " or " freshwater-fishing," 

 and will be found systematically arranged as follows: — 



Class I.— FISHING. 

 Section 1. — Sea Fishing. 



1. Gear of every description and of all nations used in Trawl, Herring, 



Long-line, Haud-line, and every other mode or system of Fishing, 

 including all Nets, Lines, Hooks, Harpoons, Tackle, &c, employed 

 in the same. 



2. Oyster Dredges, Crab, Lobster, Prawn, &c. Pots, and other appliances 



for catching fish of this description. 



3. Fishing Craft of all nations ; Models and representations of the same. 



(i.) Steam Fishing Vessels and Steam Carriers. 



(ii.) Fishing Vessels and Boats other than Steam Vessels. 



4. Ropes aud Canvas suitable to Fishing Vessels. 



5. Steam and Hand Capstans, Compasses, Barometers, Telescopes, Lights, 



Lamps, Fog-horns, Systems of Signalling at night for Fishing Fleets 

 and Vessels, Electric Lights, Luminous Paint, and other equipment 

 of Fishing Vessels, Charts for Fishermen. 



6. Models of Harbours, Piers and Slips, for fishing purposes. 



7. Fishing Tackle and Netting in different stages of preparation, and 



Machinery used for working up the raw material. 



8. Life Boats, their equipment, and life-saving apparatus of every 



description. 



