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laxing their efforts in regard to other fish, they purpose now 

 to devote more attention to hatching and distributing the 

 brook-trout. Their establishment at Caledonia has an al- 

 most unlimited capacity, and they think they will be able 

 to supply trout spawn or young trout, in a certain number 

 at least, to almost all applicants, and that in this way a 

 great addition to the food resources of the state may be se- 

 cured. 



GLOUCESTER FISHERIES IX 1875. 



The average valuation offish landed at Gloucester during 

 the year 1875 was as follows : 177,473 quintals of Bank cod- 

 fish, $998,628; 185,758 quintals of Georges codfish, $1,021,- 

 669; 4258 quintals of hake, $12,764; 2349 quintals of cusk, 

 $7047; 9417 quintals of pollock, $32,964; 2,462,864 lbs. of 

 Georges halibut, $172,365; 7,248,423 lbs. of Bank halibut, 

 $507,388; 38,292 bbls. of herring, $153,168. Total, $2,905,- 

 994. This does not include the amount of shore fishery. 



FISHERIES OF THE ARCTIC REGIOXS. 



Captain Adams, of the whaler Arctic, arrived at Dundee 

 on the 6th of November from the Davis Strait's fishing. 

 From the condition of the wind and sea at Carey Island he 

 believes there must have been a vast extent of open water 

 toward the north, which would permit the British arctic ex- 

 pedition to reach a higher latitude than possibly could have 

 been done at any time within many years past. 



FAILURE IX INTRODUCING SALMON AND TROUT. 



An attempt has lately been made to convey the fry of 

 trout and salmon from England to Australia by the Penin- 

 sular and Oriental Company's steamers, the route of which 

 is by the Suez Canal ; but without success. The experiment 

 proceeded satisfactorily until the Red Sea was reached, when 

 the mortality commenced, and on the twentieth day out the 

 whole of the fish were dead. 



GROWTH OF OYSTERS IN FRANCE. 



A correspondent of Zand and Water refers to recent oper- 

 ations conducted in France for the multiplication and growth 

 of oysters, remarking that the process of culture is quite dif- 



