xii
_
PREFACE.
also made important advances by means of the able researches
of W. Heape, J. T. Cunningham, G. G. Bourne,W. Bateson,
W. Garstang, E. J. Allen and others. Lastly, under the Rev.
,
_
W. S. Green and Prof. Haddon, an important survey, especially
of the food—shes in the deeper water, off the west coast of
Ireland, was made by the St Andrews workers, Prof. E. Prince
and E.
L. Holt.
Prof. Herdman on the Lancashire coast has in recent years
inaugurated modern methods in the sheries with success,
while Mr Meek at Gullercoats on the opposite shore has also
made a commencement in the department.
-
In the criticism of the work of the Fishery Board for
'
Scotland and its methods in regard to closure,‘it must not be
supposed
that the author has other feelings than those of
.
respect for that body, from whom in former days he received
'
much courtesy.
It is sufcient to mention the names of Sir
»
,
Thomas Boyd and Mr P. Esslemont—the former distinguished
by his wide experience, the latter by his remarkable adminis—
_
trative powers, to indicate how ably the duty was done by each f
in the ofce of Chairman, with the support of such well—known
.
‘
members as Mr Maxtone Graham of Cultoquhey, Mr S. William—
son, Mr J. J. Grieve, Mr William Boyd, and Sir James Gibson
-
Maitland
of H0wieton.The position and talents of the sheriffs,
»
'
again, and their intimate acquaintance with shery laws and
_
administration, gave the Board both strength and prestige.
.
The loss of the counsels of Sheriff‘Guthrie Smith, Sheriff Forbes
Irvine, Sheriff Th0ms and Sheriff Makechnie to the sheries
î
.
and the public
cannot be over—estimated.
To the energy and
,
ability of the Board’s Superintendent. of Scientic Investiga—
tions (Dr T. W. Fulton) the author would also pay a just
tribute off commendatio.
«
'
.
.
-
"
,
Nothing, hoWevèr, has been allowed to interfere With the
faithful discharge, tothe best of the author’s‘ability, of a public
Ï
andin relation *toÏa question ”Of s‘u‘ch vital importanCe iii—
-,
.
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_
PREFACE.
also made important advances by means of the able researches
of W. Heape, J. T. Cunningham, G. G. Bourne,W. Bateson,
W. Garstang, E. J. Allen and others. Lastly, under the Rev.
,
_
W. S. Green and Prof. Haddon, an important survey, especially
of the food—shes in the deeper water, off the west coast of
Ireland, was made by the St Andrews workers, Prof. E. Prince
and E.
L. Holt.
Prof. Herdman on the Lancashire coast has in recent years
inaugurated modern methods in the sheries with success,
while Mr Meek at Gullercoats on the opposite shore has also
made a commencement in the department.
-
In the criticism of the work of the Fishery Board for
'
Scotland and its methods in regard to closure,‘it must not be
supposed
that the author has other feelings than those of
.
respect for that body, from whom in former days he received
'
much courtesy.
It is sufcient to mention the names of Sir
»
,
Thomas Boyd and Mr P. Esslemont—the former distinguished
by his wide experience, the latter by his remarkable adminis—
_
trative powers, to indicate how ably the duty was done by each f
in the ofce of Chairman, with the support of such well—known
.
‘
members as Mr Maxtone Graham of Cultoquhey, Mr S. William—
son, Mr J. J. Grieve, Mr William Boyd, and Sir James Gibson
-
Maitland
of H0wieton.The position and talents of the sheriffs,
»
'
again, and their intimate acquaintance with shery laws and
_
administration, gave the Board both strength and prestige.
.
The loss of the counsels of Sheriff‘Guthrie Smith, Sheriff Forbes
Irvine, Sheriff Th0ms and Sheriff Makechnie to the sheries
î
.
and the public
cannot be over—estimated.
To the energy and
,
ability of the Board’s Superintendent. of Scientic Investiga—
tions (Dr T. W. Fulton) the author would also pay a just
tribute off commendatio.
«
'
.
.
-
"
,
Nothing, hoWevèr, has been allowed to interfere With the
faithful discharge, tothe best of the author’s‘ability, of a public
Ï
andin relation *toÏa question ”Of s‘u‘ch vital importanCe iii—
-,
.
_
Igt‘fisqasourceof1egxetthatthepopuiæsatésmæi mm = ‘
‘
_
”the
g;_…_
hved to «see the 1esultoftheseexpernnents1nvnchfiom