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results. The special reports formerly published as appendices 

 are now issued as separate independent pamphlets with distinct 

 title pages and covers, not at distinct intervals, but from time to 

 time when and as available. In conclusion one may add that this 

 is a record to fill one with envy and despair. 



FOREIGN FISHERIES— EUROPEAN 

 Austria 



The sea fisheries were under the Imperial Marine Authority at 

 Trieste, which was in turn responsible to the Ministry of Commerce 

 and Agriculture.^ 



Belgium 



The Belgian fisheries were the concern of the Ministry of Industry 

 and Labour. The official fishery statistics are published in the 

 annual Tableau General du Commerce avec les Pays etrangers. For 

 a comprehensive account of the sea fisheries of Belgium, reference 

 should be made to Charles de Zutteres Enquete sur la peche maritime 

 en Belgique, premier partie. Etude ^conomique de la pSche mari- 

 time. Bruxelles, 1909. 



Denmark 



The fishing industry in Denmark is administered by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, except as regards the Faroe Islands, where the 

 fishery is controlled by the Ministry of Justice. The chief official 

 is the General Fishery Inspector, who is also adviser to the Depart- 

 ment in all questions affecting the sea fisheries. There is a separate 

 inspector and adviser for fresh-water fisheries. The duties of the 

 fishery administration are to supervise the enforcement of the 

 Danish Fishery Law, the Regulations and By-laws made thereunder, 

 of regulations made under the Swede-Danish Convention respecting 

 the seas bordering Denmark and Sweden. The administration also 

 supervises fishery research supported by the State ; the operations 

 of loan societies for fishing boats, and the inspection of fishing 

 vessels provided with the help of direct loans from the State. The 

 collection of statistics, experiments in fish hatcheries and fish pro- 

 pagation are also undertaken. 



» For statistics the StatisHsche Monatschrift and the Statistisches J ahrbuch foi 

 Austria should be consulted. There are also two papers by Anton Krisch,"rhe 

 Seefischerei-Statistik der im Reichsrate vertretenen Lander " {VolkswtrtschaftMM 

 Wochenschrift, Wien, 23 und 30 Mai, 1889) and "Die Osterreichische Seefischerex' 

 (Schriften des Vertins fUr Socialpolitik, CIV, 2). 



