of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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various sea fisheries. An instance may be found in Japan, where 

 the Government have recently issued an elaborate report in four 

 volumes, embodying the results of a survey of the fisheries ol that 

 country. 



The Board is indebted to a large number of foreign fishery 

 authorities and others for co-operation in their scientific work. 

 Among these may be mentioned : Dr P. P. C. Hoek, the Scientific 

 Superintendent of Dutch Fisheries; Professor Pouchet, the Director 

 of the Concarneau Laboratory; Professor Marion, the Director of 

 the Marine Laboratory at Marseilles ; M. Raveret-Wattel, Secretary 

 to the Societe Nationale d'Acclimatation de France ; Captain 

 Dannevig, the Superintendent of the Sea-Fish Hatchery at 

 Flodevig, Norway; Captain Drechsel, Superintendent of Danish 

 Fisheries, and the Naturalist, Dr C. G. J. Petersen ; Senor Rafael 

 Gutierren Vela, of the Spanish Fisheries Department ; Professor 

 Giglioli, Fishery Commissioner, Florence ; Dr A. M. Malm and Dr 

 Rudolf Lundberg, the Inspectors of Swedish Fisheries ; Mr Adolf 

 Nielsen, the Superintendent of the Newfoundland Fisheries, and 

 the Rev. Mr Harvey, the Chairman of the Fishery Commission; 

 Kloster-Kammer-director Herwig, the President of the Deutscher 

 Fischerei Verein; Dr Heincke, the Director of the Biological 

 Institute, Heligoland ; Dr Ehrenbaum of Carolininsiel ; The Prince 

 of Monaco ; Baron Jules de Guerne ; and Mr Lindsay Thompson, 

 the Chief Inspector of Fisheries, New South Wales. 



We have the honour to be, 

 Sir, 



Your most obedient Servants, 



P. ESSLEMONT, Chairman. 



JOHN GUTHRIE SMITH, Deputy -Chairman. 



GEORGE H. M. THOMS. 



D. M'KECHNIE. 



W. C. MTNTOSH. 



W. ANDERSON SMITH. 



JAMES JOHNSTON. 



WILLIAM BOYD. 



J. RITCHIE WELCH. 



