A General View of the Fishery of Great Britain; Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Undertakers of the North British Fishing, ... by the REV. John (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1794 edition. Excerpt: ...appeared pretty fully, not to satisfy the more knowing judges that their confidence was misplaced on such a stranger to the people, and the real proper statipns for carrying through the design to advantage for the cotapany, and honour to the intrusted managers. This new association'was young then, and only beginning to assume the form of a regular establishment under the name of the British Society, for extending the fisheries and improving the sea coasts of the kingdom; and of course a very proper time for Mr. Knox to signify his intentions of taking a large circuit around the coast, and to mark out the most eligible stations stations for villages, and solicit subscriptions for which business he was well calculated, as he did every thing that a man could decently do, to encourage subscribers, but the more cautious, had their fears, as he himself observes, about mismanagement, especially when entrusted to speculators; and on that account begged to be excused, until some specimen of prudent plans weie given to encourage them to place their money into some confidential able hands, that would lay it out with prudent ceconomy. Upon Mr. Knox's motion however, the Earl of Breadalbane in the chair, moved., That a request be made to Mr. K. to take the name of subscribers to the fund of the proposed Society in London for extending the fisheries; and that this request be made to Mr. K. in writing. Thus furnished with his commission, he set out June 29, 1786, or rather August the loth, with the additional authority of a Governor, Deputy Governor, thirteen Directors, five Auditors, and a Secretary, with orders to inform, that in each town a carpenter, a S ' cooper, cooper, a net-maker, a tanner, a blacksmith, a mason, a ship-carpenter, a weaver, and...