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Cod, ling, and hake cured and exported in 1888 and 1889 - - xxv 
Increase in 1889 over 1888 ------ xxv 
Details regarding cod, ling, and hake fishery - xxv 
Cod, ling, and hake cured on board of vessels - xxv 
Cod, ling, and hake cured on shore ----- xxv 
Total of cod, ling, and hake cured in vessels and on shore - - xxv 
Cod, ling, and hake exported ------ xxv 
Cd, ling, and hake cured and exported, 1875 to 1889 - - xxv 
TOTAL QUANTITY OF FISH LANDED. 
Quantity and value of white and shell fish landed 
White and shell fish landed in the last two years 
Quantity and value of fish landed by beam trawlers - 
Returns collected by Board's officers - - - - 
Published monthly ------ 
FISH SOLD FOR USE IN A FRESH STATE. 
Fish sold for use in a fresh state 
Details thereof for last six years 
Comparison of 1889 with preceding five years 
Prices - - - - - 
Causes of reduction in same - 
Details regarding fish used fresh - „ 
OYSTERS. 
Supply falling off rapidly ------ xxvii 
Protection and cultivation necessary - - - - - xxviii 
Experience of other countries ------ xxviii 
France - xxviii 
Supply increased in France and Holland - xxviii 
America -------- xxviii 
Natural beds fished out - - xxviii 
State interference ------- X xix 
Oyster farms held as private property - xxix 
Sixty per cent, of supplies is from planted beds - - - xxix 
Artificial propagation of the oyster ----- xxix 
Enemies of the oyster ------- xxx 
Chief causes of depletion are over-fishing, river pollution, and deposits 
of mud - xxx 
The system of collecting the spat ----- xxx 
In France - - - - - _ - xxx 
In America - -- -- -- - xxx 
Security of tenure necessary ------ xxx 
A perpetual franchise to the ground granted, which is the only 
practical solution of the oyster question - xxx 
The results in New York State ----- xxxi 
The method proposed by Professor Ryder - xxxi 
The importance of clean cultch - xxxii 
Colonel M'Donald's opinion ------ xxxii 
Present condition of Scottish oyster beds .... xxxii 
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