72 BRITISH FISHERIES 



perity of the fisheries ; and though the attempt 

 at fisheries investigation has received tardy recog- 

 nition and support, and has been carried out in 

 a superficial and wholly inadequate manner, there 

 is no doubt that it has given a surer foundation 

 for legislation, and that by persevering in it we 

 shall by and by succeed in legislating justly and 

 permanently in the interests of a hard-working 

 (and perhaps long-sufFering) population. 



