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ON THE


POLLUTION OF THE RIVERS

OF THE

KINGDOM;

THE ENORMOUS

MAGNITUDE OF THE EVIL,

AND THE URGENT NECESSITY

IN THE INTEREST OF

THE PUBLIC HEALTH & THE FISHERIES

FOR ITS

SUPPRESSION

BY IMMEDIATE

LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT.

Evidenced by Extracts from the Reports of successive Royal Commissions, Committees of both Houses of Parliament, Inspectors of Salmon Fisheries, Medical Officers of the Privy-Council, Registrar General, &c. &c., presented or returned to Parliament between 1855 and 1868.




CIRCULATED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
FISHERIES PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION,
23, LOWER SEYMOUR STREET, PORTMAN SQUARE, W.

President—HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
Vice-President—LORD DE BLAQUIERE.


1868.