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for the Otsego bass and California salmon remain open until 

 the 1st of December, 1880. A prize of two hundred and 

 fifty francs was open until the 1st of December, 1875, for the 

 multiplication in France of the American bull-frog, this con- 

 ditioned with the exhibition of at least twenty -five speci- 

 mens born in France. 10 B^May 30, 1875. 



FISH-CULTURE IX CHINA. 



According to M. Renaud, the method adopted by the 

 Chinese for raising the cyprinoid fishes, such as the carp, 

 tench, etc., is by placing them in large earthen vessels, some 

 hundreds of gallons in capacity, filled with fresh - water 

 plants. When the spawning season arrives, which is known 

 by the disturbance of the water in consequence of the rapid 

 movements of the fish, the eggs, which are deposited on the 

 plants, are removed by means of a skimmer, and placed in 

 the shade in a vessel with a flat bottom and about four 

 inches in depth. The hatching takes place at the end of 

 about eight days, and after the yolk-bag is absorbed, nume- 

 rous minute embryos of insects, crustaceans, etc., found in 

 stagnant water, are obtained from the surface with scauze 

 nets, which are then washed off in the water containing the 

 young fry. At the end of six months these attain the di- 

 mensions of about an inch in length, after which they may 

 be turned into the vessels in which are the larger fish. 10 

 H,Jime,294. 



NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES IN 1874-5. 



By the report of the Chamber of Commerce of Newfound- 

 land for 1874-5, we learn that the Labrador cod-fishery was 

 of an average catch, and that the Labrador herring-fishery 

 during the fall of 1874 was unusually productive. The seal- 

 fishery, however, was entirely unsatisfactory, with very few 

 exceptions, the sailing-vessels being unsuccessful, owing to 

 the enormous quantity of ice packed on the coast, and the 

 unusually severe weather. The catch by the steamers was 

 better, and the seals were taken in a much more mature con- 

 dition than those captured last year. 



The export of cod-fish for 1874 was very large, having 

 reached the enormous total of 1,609,724 quintals, being a 

 large increase over that of 1873. The present condition of 



