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CONTENTS. 



FISH SOLD FRESH. 



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Fish sold fresh - - - - - - lix 



Quantity and Value of White and Shell Fish landed - lix 

 Returns collected by Board's Officers, but at first without Statutory 



Power lix 

 In view of importance of reliable Statistics being published, Parlia- 

 mentary Power got to enforce returns - - - - lx 



Result satisfactory - lx 



Returns published monthly ------ lx 



I. WHITE FISH. 



I. White Fish -------- l x 



White Fishing most prosecuted on East Coast ; reasons therefor - lx 



Large quantities of Fish landed by Beam Trawlers lx 



Where their Takes are delivered - - - - lxi 



Quantity and value of White Fish landed and sold fresh in 1885 



and 1886 -------- lxi 



Coasts where landed ------- lxi 



The Herring Fishery ------- lxi 



The Sprat Fishery - - - - - - - lxi 



The Mackerel Fishery ------ lxi 



The Cod Fishery lxi 



The Ling Fishery ------- lxii 



The Torsk (Tusk) Fishery ------ lxii 



The Saithe (Coal Fish) Fishery - - - - - lxii 



The Haddock Fishery ------- lxii 



The Whiting Fishery ------- lxii 



The Turbot Fishery ------- Lxii 



The Halibut Fishery ------- lxii 



The Sole (Lemon Sole) Fishery - lxiii 



The Flounder, Plaice, and Brill Fishery - lxiii 



The Eel Fishery ------- lxiii 



The Skate Fishery - - - - - - - lxiii 



Other White Fisheries ------ lxiii 



ii. Shell fish. 



II. Shell Fish 



Quantity and value of Shell Fish landed in 1885 and 1886 - 

 The Oyster Fishery ------ 



The Mussel Fishery - - - • - 



The Clam Fishery 



The Lobster Fishery - - - - - 



The Crab Fishery ------ 



Other Shell Fisheries 



Gross value of White and Shell Fish - 



Inspection of Fishery Districts - 



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