Parliamentary Papers, Volume 15H.M. Stationery Office, 1894 - Great Britain |
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Page xxiv
... speaking from memory , was about 10,000 tons , whereas the last statistical report stated that it was 24,000 . 48. I ... speak as to the quantity which has been destroyed at Billingsgate . Am I correct in saying that in the last five ...
... speaking from memory , was about 10,000 tons , whereas the last statistical report stated that it was 24,000 . 48. I ... speak as to the quantity which has been destroyed at Billingsgate . Am I correct in saying that in the last five ...
Page xxiv
... speaking more particularly of our own fish salesmen . 93. Then with regard to the increase in the catching power , you stated that the catch was practically stationary for the last few years . Have you any figures to show , apart from ...
... speaking more particularly of our own fish salesmen . 93. Then with regard to the increase in the catching power , you stated that the catch was practically stationary for the last few years . Have you any figures to show , apart from ...
Page xxiv
... speaking , have you always taken an active part both in the debates and the like ? -I have . I think I moved the ... speak of in 1840 , I suppose in Grimsby there would be only one or two small craft that fished in the Humber . Then , I ...
... speaking , have you always taken an active part both in the debates and the like ? -I have . I think I moved the ... speak of in 1840 , I suppose in Grimsby there would be only one or two small craft that fished in the Humber . Then , I ...
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... speaking above a half . 219. Has there been a great improvement in the gear and appliances for fishing ? -Yes ; in additon to the gradual increase in the numbers , the sze of the vessels has increased in propor- tion , which , of course ...
... speaking above a half . 219. Has there been a great improvement in the gear and appliances for fishing ? -Yes ; in additon to the gradual increase in the numbers , the sze of the vessels has increased in propor- tion , which , of course ...
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... speaking of and now ? I speak from my own experience , and from facts which I collected in 1867. I used to take , as an average , 36 plaice for the trunk . That was the basis upon which I always reckoned my own average . 245. I have it ...
... speaking of and now ? I speak from my own experience , and from facts which I collected in 1867. I used to take , as an average , 36 plaice for the trunk . That was the basis upon which I always reckoned my own average . 245. I have it ...
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Page vi - The skin, hung up by the nose, measured 10 feet 2 inches, from the point of the nose to the tip of the tail, and was sold for seven shillings and sixpence in the common course of business.
Page 6 - Trade, by or on behalf of the servants, or any class of the servants, of a railway company, that the hours of labour of those servants, or of that class, or, in any special case, of any particular servants engaged in working the traffic...
Page 6 - If it is represented to the board of trade, by or on behalf of the servants, or any class of the servants, of a railway company...
Page vi - Orders of The House, examined the matters to them referred; and have agreed to the following REPORT...
Page vi - ... or fishermen, whether scientific experts or statisticians, there seems to be no doubt that a considerable diminution has occurred amongst the more valuable classes of flat fish, especially among soles and plaice, and that, this diminution must be attributed to over-fishing by trawlers in certain localities.
Page 6 - ... of any particular servants engaged in working the traffic, on any part of the lines of the company, are excessive, or do not provide sufficient intervals of uninterrupted rest between the periods of duty, or sufficient relief in respect of Sunday duty, the Board of Trade shall inquire into the representation.
Page 112 - A person shall not sell, expose for sale, consign for sale, or buy for sale, — (1.) Any oysters known at the passing of this Act in the oyster trade as " deep-sea
Page xiv - ... but when we turn to the great fishing grounds of the North Sea, if your Committee is to rely on the evidence which has been laid before them by all persons interested in the fisheries, whether trawlers or linesmen, whether...
Page xv - ... waters immediately adjacent to the various countries are concerned, on those various countries ; that, for the effective realisation of this object, the present territorial limit of three miles is insufficient, and that, for fishery purposes alone, this limit should be extended, provided such extension can be effected upon an international basis, and with due regard to the rights and interests of all nations. Your Committee would earnestly recommend that a proposition on these lines should be...
Page 215 - I do not know that I can add anything to what has been already said in the text of the Lecture on this point.