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Contents. 



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Chapter VII. — Marine Superintendence ... ... 39 



Prosecutions for Illegal Trawling ... ... ... 41 



Prosecutions for other Offences ... ... ... 41 



Trawling in Prohibited Areas Prevention Act, 1909 41 



Enquiries into' Complaints of Damage to Boats 



and Gear ... . ... ... ... ... 42 



Chapter VIII. — Miscellaneous — 



Fishing Boat Insurance ... ... ... ... 43 



Bye-Products ... ... ... .. ... 44 



The Coal Strike and the Fishing Industry ... 45 

 Prevention of Damage by Trawlers to Submarine 



Cables ... 45 



Gear Arbitration ... ... ... ... ... 46 



Telegraph and Telephone Services in the Highlands 



and Islands ... ... ... ... ... 46 



Obstructions to Fishing Operations... ... ... 47 



Kare Fish Landed ... ... ... ... ... 47 



Chapter IX. — Harbours — 



Improvement Schemes ... ... ... ... 47 



Harbour Administration ... ... ... ... 50 



I )redging of Fishery Harbours ... ... . . . • 50 



Chapter X. — Scientific Investigations .. . ... ... 51 



Plaice Investigations... ... ... ... ... 52 



Fishery Investigations of the " Goldseeker " ... 53 



Ichthyometry... ... ... ... ... ... 53 



Xorth Sea Current Investigations ... ... ... 54 



Hatching of Plaice ... ... ... ... ... 54 



Herring Investigations ... ... ... ... 55 



Meteorology ... ... ... ... ... ... 57 



Ornithology ... ... ... ... ... ... 57 



Eeports on Investigations ... ... ... ... 57 



Chapter XI. — Salmon Fisheries .. . ... ... ... 58 



APPENDICES— 



I. Harbour Improvement Schemes ... ... ... 61 



II, Eeports by Inspectors and Fishery Officers ... 65 



III. Keport by Inspector of Salmon Fisheries... ... 136 



IV. Salmon Fishery Close Times... ... ... ... 142 



V. Chairmen and Clerks to Salmon District Boards 145 



II.— STATISTICAL TABLES {see separate Contents). 



