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The Sole Fishery Ix 



The Flounder, Plaice, and Brill Fisheries - . . - Ix 



The Skate Fishery Ix 



Other White Fisheries Ix 



The Oyster Fishery Ix 



The Mussel Fishery ------- Ix 



The Lobster and Crab Fisheries ----- Ixi 



Other Shell Fisheries ------- Ixi 



Increase in Fish taken partly owing to Trawling - - - 1x1 



Number of Trawlers ------- Ixi 



Places of delivering Fish ixi 



BOATS AND S^ESSf:^.^, 



Boats and Vessels ------- Ixi 



Fishing Boats -------- Ixi 



Boats employed in Herring Fishery in selected week - - - Ixii 

 Boats and Vessels, Fishermen and other persons, employed in 1884 



and 1885 -------- Ixii 



Increase in Boats and Fishermen ; decrease in other persons - - Ixii 



Capital employed in 1884 and 1885 - - - - - Ixii 



Increase in 1885 ------- Ixii 



Cause of Increase in Capital - - - - - - ixii 



Details of Boats, Vessels, &c., and Capital employed - - - Ixii 



Tonnage of Shipping and number of Seamen engaged - - Ixiii 



Tonnage of Boats and Vessels and Persons employed - - - Ixiii 



Abstract of Tonnage and Persons employed - - - - Ixiii 



Lives Lost at Sea, and Loss on Boats, Nets, &c. - - - Ixiii 



BUILDING OF FISHING BOATS ANP STEAM TKA^LERS. 



Building of Fishing Boats and Steam Trawlers _ - _ Ixiii 



Orders for Fishing Boats - - - - - - Ixiii 



Steam Vessels built for Beam Trawling and other Fishing - - Ixiii 



Steam power employed for hauling Nets - - - - Ixiii 



REGISTRATION OF FISHING BOATS AS SECURITY FOR LOANS. 



Registration of Fishing Boats as Security for Loans - - - Ixiv 



Increase in size and cost of Boats ----- |xiv 



Deposit of Certificate for Loan worthless - - - - Jxiv 



Loans on Mortgage - - - - - - - Ixv 



Registry under Merchant Shipping Acts . - - . ixv 



Promised Legislation ------- Ixvi 



MARINE POLICE AND FISHERY SUPERINTENDENCE. 



Marine Police and Fishery Superintendence - - - - Ixvii 

 Sea Fisheries Act, 1883, and North Sea Fisheries Convention, im- 

 perfectly understood by Fishermen _ . - . Ixvii 

 Placard and Pamphlet containing chief Regulations prepared and 

 circulated ixvii 



