CONTENTS. 
1. SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS. 
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Money spent on scientific investigations - - - - vii 
Absence of scientific knowledge regarding fisheries - - - viii 
Laboratories established - - - - - - - - viii 
Haphazard character of former legislation - ix 
Opinions expressed at Fishery Exhibition, 1883 - ix 
Successful results obtained - - - ix 
Direction of inquiries instituted - - x 
Effect of beam trawling x 
Food and propagation of edible fishes investigated - - - xi 
Protection of spawning banks - - - - xi 
Migratory movements of fishes ... - xi 
Decay of fisheries for shell-fish - - - xii 
Physical observations - - - - - - - xii 
International arrangements for regulating fishing in North Sea - xii 
Erection of a sea-fish hatchery - - - - - - xiii 
2. TELEGRAPHIC EXTENSION. 
Appropriation of surplus brand fees - - - xiii 
Telegraphic extension agreements expired - - - xiv 
Agreements current - - - - - - xiv 
Amount of guarantee - - - - - - xiv 
Great benefit of telegraphic extension as an aid to improvement in 
fisheries xv 
Extensions to Loch Ranza - - xv 
Reports of fishery officers - ' - xv 
Wick district ------ - xv 
Orkney district - - - - xvi 
Shetland district - - - X vi 
Stornoway district -. - - xvi 
Fort- William district - - - - - - - xvii 
3. HARBOURS. 
Sums spent on harbours, and contributed by localities xvii 
Large sums formerly voted by Parliament for fisheries xviii 
Board's proposals for systematic harbour extension - - xviii 
Fishermen's titles x j x 
4. FISHERMEN'S LOANS. 
Crofters' legislation - - - - - - - - xix 
Rules as to loans - - - - - - - xix 
Sums lent - - xx 
