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J. PISCICULTURE AND THE FISHERIES. 



BRITISH EXHIBITION OF FISHING PKODUCTS AT VIENNA. 



The British Commissioners for the International Exposi- 

 tion at Vienna for 1873 arranged for a special department 

 of fish as food. The following resolutions were proposed at 

 one of their meetings, and the labor of carrying them out in- 

 trusted to Mr. Frank Buckland : First, it is desirable to show, 

 in small aquaria, living specimens of the several varieties of 

 salmonidffi and other fresh -water fish, as far as practicable. 

 Second, painted casts should be procured and exhibited of all 

 kinds of British and foreign fish used in England for food ; 

 they should be arranged, as far as possible, in genera and 

 species ; illustrations should, if possible, be given by chemical 

 analysis of their value as articles of food ; and where casts 

 can not be procured, preserved specimens, or pictorial repre- 

 sentations, should be exhibited. Third, measures should be 

 taken to obtain a representation of nets and fishing imple- 

 ments of all kinds. Fourth, preserved fish of all countries 

 and all kinds, as far as possible, should be exhibited, and ar- 

 rangements for testing them be made, in concert with Messrs. 

 Spiers & Pond. 2 A^ January 27, 1873, 189. 



STATISTICS OF CANADA FISHERIES FOR 1869. 



In the report of the Secretary of State for the year ending 

 September 30, 1871, upon the commercial relations between 

 the United States and foreign nations, we find some facts rel- 

 ative to the fisheries of difiJerent parts of the world (princi- 

 pally Canada), which may be interesting as furnishing the 

 means of comparison with those of our own country. 



The British Colonial fisheries consist of those of the Do- 

 minion of Canada and of Newfoundland and Prince Edward 

 Island. The total yield for 1869, as based partially upon es- 

 timates for the Province of Quebec, including most of those 

 on the north and south shores of the River and Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence, was valued at $1,046,240, while the estimate for 

 the inland fisheries west of Quebec was about $100,000, and 

 those of the Magdalen Islands, consisting mostly of herrings, 



