﻿So 
  

  

  submit 
  on 
  the 
  occasion 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  Conference. 
  He 
  found 
  

   that, 
  practically, 
  Professor 
  Goode 
  classified 
  fishes 
  into 
  those 
  

   which 
  were 
  very 
  easily 
  exhaustible, 
  those 
  which 
  were 
  

   exhaustible 
  with 
  more 
  difficulty, 
  and 
  those 
  which 
  were 
  

   practically 
  inexhaustible. 
  He 
  would 
  refer, 
  as 
  one 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  interesting 
  case 
  of 
  practically 
  inexhaustible 
  fishes, 
  to 
  

   the 
  diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  mackerel 
  fishery, 
  and 
  

   he 
  would 
  beg 
  of 
  all 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  faith 
  in 
  human 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  as 
  contrasted 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  nature, 
  to 
  consider 
  that 
  

   diagram 
  with 
  attention. 
  The 
  great 
  moral 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  contribution 
  to 
  this 
  Exhibition, 
  and 
  especially 
  of 
  the 
  

   contribution 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Brown 
  Goode 
  had 
  just 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  

   Conferences, 
  was 
  that 
  if 
  this 
  country, 
  or 
  any 
  society 
  which 
  

   could 
  be 
  formed 
  of 
  sufficient 
  extent 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  question, 
  

   was 
  going 
  to 
  deal 
  seriously 
  with 
  the 
  sea 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  not 
  

   to 
  let 
  them 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  themselves 
  as 
  they 
  had 
  done 
  for 
  

   the 
  last 
  1,000 
  years 
  or 
  so, 
  they 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  considerable 
  job 
  

   before 
  them 
  ; 
  and 
  unless 
  they 
  put 
  into 
  that 
  organisation 
  of 
  

   fisheries, 
  the 
  energy, 
  the 
  ingenuity, 
  the 
  scientific 
  knowledge, 
  

   and 
  the 
  practical 
  skill 
  which 
  characterised 
  his 
  friend 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Baird, 
  and 
  his 
  assistants, 
  their 
  efforts 
  were 
  not 
  likely 
  to 
  

   come 
  to 
  very 
  much 
  good. 
  One 
  of 
  his 
  great 
  reasons 
  for 
  de- 
  

   siring 
  that 
  the 
  subject 
  which 
  Professor 
  Goode 
  had 
  put 
  before 
  

   them 
  should 
  be 
  laid 
  distinctly 
  before 
  the 
  English 
  public 
  

   was 
  to 
  give 
  them 
  a 
  notion 
  of 
  what 
  was 
  needed 
  if 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  dealt 
  with 
  satisfactorily 
  ; 
  for 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  

   think, 
  speaking 
  with 
  all 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  efforts 
  made 
  by 
  

   Sweden, 
  North 
  Germany, 
  Holland, 
  and 
  so 
  forth, 
  that 
  any 
  

   nation 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  had 
  comprehended 
  the 
  question 
  

   of 
  dealing 
  with 
  fish 
  in 
  so 
  thorough, 
  excellent, 
  and 
  scientific 
  

   a 
  spirit 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  vote 
  of 
  thanks 
  was 
  carried 
  unanimously. 
  

  

  The 
  Marquis 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  great 
  pleasure 
  

  

  