196 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



The same remarks must be made in regard to Great Britain with the exception 

 of Scotland, the fishery board of which, erected last summer a salt-water fish-hatchery 

 at Dunbar; no special appropriation was made for this purpose, the expenses having 

 been covered by money assigned for scientific investigation (£1,800 yearly). 



The Swedish Government contributes to some extent to the improvement of the 

 fishery industries in its country, having a yearly appropriation of 47,000 kroners 

 ($13,155), but that does not include any expense for fish-culture in particular. 



And finally Russia has an appropriation of $2,800, which is, in comparison with its 

 area, quite insignificant. That includes 8,000 rubles for maintaining one governmental 

 fish-hatchery at Nicholsk, government of Novgorod, which was founded by the well- 

 known Russian fish-culturist, Mr. Vladimir Wrasky, the inventor of the so-called 

 Russian or dry method of impregnation, and 5,000 Finnish marks of subsidy to the 

 Fishery Society of Finland. 



When we compare the total amount of money spent for fish-cultural work by all 

 European countries ($37,032.50) with the appropriations of North American countries 

 ($309,036.50), we shall not be surprised by the enormous difference iu the work done 

 in this line in the Old and New World. Of course that is only an explanation of the 

 fact, not an eulogy. 



Europe has originated and developed the methods of fish-culture, but it becomes 

 an industry only in America, and a very important one, from the standpoint of the 

 Government. Only here is fish-culture carried on on a large industrial scale, and in 

 connection with it here are invented and introduced in general practice methods suit 

 able for large operations, quite different from those used in Europe. 



There is no better testimony of the importance of fish-cultural work than the large 

 appropriations made by the House of Representatives of the United States, and only 

 in North America is this work duly appreciated by the Government as well as by most 

 of the population. 



