426 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



So great has become the decrease of lobsters on the coast 

 of Massachusetts and Maine that the canning establishments 

 in those states find it almost impossible to obtain a supply, 

 and they have been compelled to resort to the waters of the 

 Dominion for this purpose. It has been estimated that dur- 

 ing the year 1873 not less than 20,000 tons were captured in 

 the Dominion waters, a large portion being exported to the 

 United States. 



It may not be known generally that on the 7th of July, 

 1873, an order was promulgated by the Governor- General 

 providing that "in the Provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, 

 and New Brunswick no person shall at any time fish for, 

 catch, kill, buy, sell, or have in possession any soft-shell lob- 

 sters, or female lobsters with eggs attached ; nor shall lobsters 

 of a less weight than one and a half pounds be at any time 

 fished for, caught, killed, bought, sold, or had in possession ; 

 but when caught by accident in nets or other fishing appa- 

 ratus lawfully used for other fish, young lobsters of less 

 weight than a pound and a half shall be liberated alive at 

 the risk and cost of the owner of the net or apparatus, or by 

 the occupier of the fishery, on whom in every case shall de- 

 volve the proof of such actual liberation." 



INTRODUCTION OF BRITISH FISH INTO INDIA. 



In 1868 carp, tench, trout, and other fish were carried from 

 England to the cinchona plantations of the Neilgherry Hills, 

 in Southern India; and we learn from Ocean Highways that 

 while the trout have not succeeded very well, the growth 

 and increase of the tench have been marvelous. The first fish 

 were introduced into a lake at Utakamund by Lady Napier 

 in August, 1869, and at the present time they are caught and 

 sold in large numbers by the natives. Many of these fish 

 have been taken below the great Kalhutty waterfall, show- 

 ing that they have survived after being carried down the 

 highest fall from the Neilgherries in the descent of the Utaka- 

 mund River to the plain. 6 A, January, 1874, 431. 



RESTOCKING OTSEGO LAKE WITH FISH. 



For some time past efforts have been in progress, under 

 the direction of Seth Green, of Rochester, for restoring to Ot- 

 sego Lake, near Cooperstown, New York, the full supply of 



