414 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



TRANSPORTATION OF BLACK BASS TO ENGLAND. 



Mr. Parnaby, of the fish-breeding establishment at Keswick, 

 England, lately visited the United States for the purpose of 

 obtaining living fish, and especially black bass, to be used in 

 stocking ponds in Great Britain. He left for home by one of 

 the British steamers of the latter part of June, carrying with 

 him large numbers of fish, which w T e trust he will succeed in 

 transporting safely to their destination. 



TRANSFER OF BLACK BASS TO ENGLAND. 



Mr. Parnaby, of the Keswick Fish-breeding Establishment, 

 in England, whose visit to America, for the purpose of obtain- 

 ing the fry of the black bass, we have already recorded, suc- 

 ceeded in carrying his fish with but little loss across the At- 

 lantic, but they began to die as soon as he reached Liver- 

 pool. About sixty, however, survived, and appeared to be in 

 good health and condition, feeding freely. It is not improb- 

 able that Mr. Parnaby will return immediately to America in 

 order to secure an additional supply. 2 A, July 20, 1872, 40. 



FISHERIES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. 



Very few persons are aware of the magnitude and impor- 

 tance of the fisheries upon the coast of North Carolina. We 

 learn that upward of 15,000 persons are now actively engaged 

 in the above business. The largest fisheries are in the Albe- 

 marle Sound and the vicinity of Roanoke Island, where the bus- 

 iness is reduced to a perfect system, steam-power being ar- 

 ranged for the purpose of hauling the nets, etc. Newspaper. 



CONSUMPTION OF BLUEFISH IN NEW YORK. 



Some idea of the immense numbers of bluefish consumed 

 in a single season in New York may be gathered from the 

 fact, which we learn from Messrs. Middleton, Carman, & Co., 

 the well-known fish-dealers of Fulton Market, that during the 



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year 1871 about 1,250,000 fish were brought to the city and 

 disposed of. One hundred and fifty thousand of these were 

 probably brought from the Vineyard Sound and Buzzard's 

 Bay, and about 8000 from the coast of Virginia and North 

 Carolina, this latter number being considerably less than in 

 previous years. Letter of Middleton, Carman , <# Go. 



