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follow the introduction of improved methods of fishing. 

 As it is, the number of fish taken in the lake is said to be 

 yearly less As a palliative measure, a close time ot two 

 or three weeks in midsummer might be insisted up on at 

 Gameel, and its etFect, though not apparent in the first year 

 or two, would in the end be beneficial. 



Sea fisheries. 



"While the fresh and brackish- water fisheries form not 

 a small item in the revenue of the country, those of the 

 sea are still iu an undeveloped condition. A great harvest 

 remains comparatively untouched in the Red Sea and 

 Mediterrauean ; the fish are alike numerous in species and 

 individuals, and the supply is inexhaustible. The apathy 

 of the native fishermen is to blame, for the demand for 

 sea-fish is greater, and the prices given for them higher 

 than those for Nile fish. At present, sea-fishing is, with 

 few exceptions, left to enterprising foreigners, who, oftener 

 than not, use their profession lo cloak illegal practices. 

 A government vessel, provided with nets and apparatus 

 for deepwater fishing, and employed to fish off the principal 

 ports of the Delta, would give a stimulus to this bf-anch, of 

 fisheries. 



Government is to be congratulated on the improve- 

 ments wrought at the Mislaha of Ghoet-el-Nassara, but 

 these should continue, and it is hoped that the suggestions 

 embodied in the foregoing report will prove useful in the 

 further development of this important industry. During 



