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ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF OOD AND OTHER FOOD 
FISHES. 
Now carried on in United States, Newfoundland, and elsewhere - xxxiii 
Fish return to the place at which they were spawned - - xxxiv 
Results of cod-hatching xxxiv 
Millions of young fish on the fishing grounds - - - xxxiv 
Newfoundland has established a hatchery for cod and lobsters - xxxiv 
Description of the apparatus used - xxxiv 
Method in Norway ------- xxxv 
Decrease in the cod-fishing in Newfoundland - - - xxxv 
Fish can be exterminated by over-fishing - xxxv 
LOBSTER-CULTURE. 
It is proposed to establish several lobster hatcheries in Newfound- 
land xxxv 
The importance of this fishery in Newfoundland - - - xxxvi 
Decline of lobsters in Newfoundland - xxxvi 
Decline in Scotland ------- xxxvi 
Decline in Canada xxxvi 
How depletion of a ground is produced - xxxvi 
Mode of hatching ------- xxxvi 
The work of the Fishery Board - xxxvi 
Lobster hatching enclosure at Brodick, Arran - xxxvii 
Importance of the study of the life-history of the lobster - - xxxvii 
The value of the application of scientific principles in fisheries - xxxvii 
The hatching of shad - - - - - . xxxvii 
The success of shad hatching - xxxvii 
WEATHER AND DISASTERS AT SEA. 
State of weather during summer and winter herring fishing, aud 
generally throughout 1889 ------ xxxvii i 
Seventy-two persons drowned - - - - . xxxviii 
Loss in boats and fishing gear - xxxviii 
Lives lost, boats wrecked and damaged, and total loss in boats and 
fishing material in last six years - xxxviii 
Similar return by districts - - . - . . xxxviii 
MARINE POLICE AND FISHERY SUPERINTENDENCE. 
Number of boats detained ------ xxxix 
Registration of boats ------ xxxix 
Certificates issued, examined, and endorsed - - . xxxix 
Detailed particulars thereof xxxix 
Vessels employed in protecting the fisheries - xxxix 
Services of * Jackal' - - - - - . . X xxix 
Services of * Vigilant ' - - - - . . . x j 
Services of * Daisy x j 
Services of ' Firm ' ----- _ _ x ^ 
Services of ' Eagle ' x \ 
Arrangements for superintending fisheries and protecting closed waters 
against trawlers most unsatisfactory . . , x \ 
