CONTENTS. 



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OYSTER, CRAB, LOBSTER, AND MUSSEL FISHERIES, AND 

 CLAM AND BAIT BEDS. 



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Oyster, Crab, Lobster, and Mussel Fisheries, and Clam and Bait Beds lxv 

 Powers of Board of Trade as to these Fisheries in Scotland trans- 

 ferred to this Board - - - - - - lxv 



Board now in position to receive and consider applications regarding 



these Fisheries - - - - - - lxv 



Regulations made as to Fishery Orders can now be had - - lxv 



Board in communication with parties regarding Fishery Orders - lxvi 



MARINE POLICE AND FISHERY SUPERINTENDENCE. 



Marine Police and Fishery Superintendence - lxvi 

 Instructions to Officers regarding lettering and numbering of Boats, 



efficiently carried out lxvi 



Number of Boats detained ------ lxvi 



Registration of Boats ------- lxvi 



Certificates issued, examined, and endorsed - lxvi 

 Duties of Board in protecting Fisheries with Admiralty vessels, now 



carried on under the Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves - lxvi 



Swifter and more powerful Vessel substituted for H.M.S. 'Jackal' - lxvi 



Vessels employed in protecting the Fisheries - lxvii 



Services of ' Jackal ' - - - - - - lxvii 



Services of ' Vigilant ' - - ~ - - - - lxvii 



Prosecution for offences at Sea, and as to obtaining Compensation 



for Damage ------- - lxviii 



Officers to enquire and report to Board - lxviii 



Fishermen sustaining Damage should make complaint to Officers - lxviii 



Return of complaints investigated and reported on - - - lxviii 



Great importance of this new law to Fishermen - lxviii 



BOATS AND VESSELS. 



Boats and Vessels ------- lxviii 



Fishing Boats employed in Herring Fishery in selected week - lxviii 

 Boats and Vessels, Fishermen, and other persons employed in 1885 



and 1886 - - - - - - - lxix 



Capital employed in 1885 and 1886 ----- lxix 



Details of Boats, Vessels, &c, and Capital employed - lxix 



Tonnage of Shipping, and number of Seamen engaged - - lxx 



Tonnage of Boats and Vessels, and number of persons employed - lxx 



Abstract Return of Tonnage and persons employed - - - lxx 



Lives lost at Sea, and Loss in Boats, Nets,, &c. - lxx 

 Number of Boats, and Beam Trawl Vessels, and Resident Fishermen 



in Scotland - - - - - - - - lxx 



BUILDING OF FISHING BOATS AND STEAM TRAWLERS. 



Building of Fishing Boats and Steam Trawlers - - - lxx 



Industry in very depressed state ----- lxx 



