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half was planted near tbe falls of the Qnalba, a very suitable locality, 

 owin^- to the sandy bottom and the nearness of a rich aquatic vegeta- 

 tion. All the eggs planted in the two locations referred to were excep- 

 tionally fine and healthy. Quite a number of young fish have been 

 observed here, wliich goes to show, first, that the eggs from the Torbole 

 establishment had been hatched, although some people maintained that 

 this would not be the case, as they had not been fecundated according 

 to the Russian system ; and in the second place, that large fish had not 

 come near the shores and devoured them. 



Another 100,000 embryonated trout eggs, received from Torbole in 

 an excellent state of preservation, and destined for the Venetian waters, 

 were sent to Count Ninni, who selected the locations where they were 

 to be ijlanted, namely, one-half in Lake Lapisino and the other half in 

 the waters near Trevigiano. These were planted on January 6 and 8 

 at different spots, where there was a suitable bottom and pure water 

 Some specimens of the eggs were taken to Venice and there hatched in 

 a small api^aratus on January IG, with such success that 130 healthy 

 young fish were placed in open waters, thus proving the excellent 

 quality of the eggs. 



Fifty thousand eggs of the Salmo salvelinus were received from Frei- 

 burg, Germany, and on January 18 were planted in Lake Idro, at a 

 depth of about 10 feet, on a sandy and rocky bottom. Some specimens 

 of these eggs were sent to Pavia, and were very successfully hatched 

 between January 30 and February 1. 



Finally, 800,000 young eels, taken near the mouth of the river Arno, 

 were planted in Lake Trasimeuo, where they could find ample food in 

 the innumerable Leuciscus aula. In former years this lake was very 

 rich in eels, and it is to be hoped that it will regain its ancient fame in 

 this respect, as some of the young eels which were planted have already 

 been caught in an advanced state of development. 



Pavia, Italy, December 15, 1885. 



83.— THE SEA FI!<«I1ERIES OF JVORWAV.* 

 By Dr. FRIEDRICM IIEIXCKE. 



In no country do the sea fisheries play such an important part in 

 jjublic affairs as in Norway, nowhere is such a general interest taken 

 in them, and in no country are better and more exhaustive fishery 

 statistics taken. For centuries the Government has taken account of 

 the results of the fisheries, and for more than twenty years regular and 

 extensive statistics have been obtained, A uniform plan, however, has 

 been followed only since 1876; and the annual reports published since 



*" Die Secfischereien JSorioegens." From Mittheiluvrjen der Section fiir Kiisten- und 

 Hochsee-Fischcrei, Berlin, July and August, 1886. Trauslatcd from the German by 

 Herman Jacobson. 



