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and enclosed therein were two circulars which had been received re- 

 garding It. 



I have the honor to be, sir, jour most obedient servant, 



J. A. LEOXAED, 



United States Consul. 

 Hon. J. C. Bancroft Davis, 



Assistant Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. 



[Enclosure in No. 21.] 



INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION TO BE HELI> AT EDINBURGH, 



SCOTLAND, APRIL 12, 1^82. 



Arrangements are now in progress for an International Fisheries Ex- 

 hibition to be held at Edinburgh, Scotland, commencing on the 12th of 

 April, 1882, and continuing open not less than two weeks. 



The exhibition is promoted by the lord provost, magistrates, and town 

 council of Edinburgh ; the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot- 

 land; the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, and the Scotch Fisheries 

 Improvement Association. It will be presided over by H. E. H. Prince 

 Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, K. G., K. T., K. P., and is 

 under the patronage of more than a hundred of the nobility, ofiicers, 

 and distinguished citizens of Scotland, including the commissioners of 

 Scotch Salmon Fisheries, Her ^lajesty's inspectors of Fisheries for Eng- 

 land and Wales, the inspectors of Irish Fisheries, and the Fishmongers' 

 Company of London. Archibald Young, esq., of Edinburgh, commis- 

 sioner of Scotch Salmon Fisheries, is co-operating under the instructions 

 of the secretary of state for the home department. 



The exhibition is to include all kinds of articles connected with or 

 illustrative of the fisheries of the world, and will be open to exhibitors 

 from all countries. 



The objects of exhibition and subjects for essays are exceedingly com- 

 prehensi\'e, and are included in the following general classification : 



I. Fish, aquatic birds, paintings, &c. 



II. Boats and implements used in fisheries, «S:c. 



HI. Pisciculture, including models of apparatus, &c. 



IV. Fish passes, including models. 



V. Preserved fish, oils, specimens of salt for curing, &c. 



VI. Tinned fish. 



VII. Fish products, such as manures, isinglass, glues, models fish 

 curing yards, &c. 



VI H. Social condition of fishermen, models and drawings of harbors, 

 houses, life-boats, food, clothing, systems of signalizing, light houses, 

 fish markets, compasses, barometers, telescopes, «S:c. 



IX. History of fishing, ancient implements, literature on the subject. 



X. Pollution of rivers, systems and appliances for prevention, &c. 



