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have very successfully hatched. The fry are tbe most lively that I 

 have ever seen. They thrive marvelously well, and are almost twice 

 as large as the fry of our common trout of the same age. Salmo namay- 

 CMsA seems to be a very remarkable fish — extremely baidy. It is cer- 

 taiuly a precious species in all regards to acclimate in our fresh waters, 

 and we are much indebted to you for having afforded to our society the 

 possibility of the experiment." 



The sal:.ion ckop of 1883.— Mr. Eobert E. C. Stearns, of Berkeley, 

 Cal., has forwarded the following statement, taken from the San Fran- 

 cisco Chronicle of Thursday, December 13, 1883. 



"There were taken from the Sacramento Elver and tributaries for 

 the year 1883, ending October 15, and delivered to the different pack- 

 ing firms 451,957 si)ring salmon and 1(;0,512 fall salmon, weighing 

 7,319,988 pounds. The wholesale dealers have received 115,004 spring- 

 salmon and 52,902 fall salmon, making a total number of 780,405 salmon, 

 weighing 9,585,672 pounds." 



Columbia Eiver salmon. — The run of salmon on the Columbia 

 Kiver has been very large. Eecently the canners were obliged to throw 

 away six thousand fish, which, with their i>reseut facilities, they were 

 unable to take care of. The canners have been doing their utmost to 

 keep up with the fishermen, but the supply exceeds the canners' abilities. 

 It is thought that the season's catch will be unusually large. [From 

 The American Field, July 26, 1884.] 



Salmon canning in British Columbia. — The Delta Cannery is the 

 largest in British Columbia. Commencing operations only five years 

 ago, its business has assumed such proportions that it now^ employs a 

 force of over 400 men, 280 Chinese and 160 Indians, and a fishing uutfit 

 consisting in part of 38 boats and nets, 2 seines, 1 steam -tug, and 

 4 scows. The cannery covers a space 160 by 120 feet, is two stories high, 

 and in some respects is the best furnished on the Pacific coast. It 

 is provided with a boiler 16 feet long and 4 feet in diameter, twelve 

 tanks, two retorts of 3,360 cans capacity each, filling and solderingma- 

 chines, four lacquer baths, and every convenience for the rapid and 

 thorough performance of the various operations necessary to secure the 

 highest degree of perfection in the prei)aration of this most excellent 

 article of food. Chinamen, under the supervision of experienced white 

 foremen, are emi^loyed for the canning process and ludians for catching 

 the fish, receiving from $1.25 to $2 per day, the net tenders the latter 

 amount. The daily catch per boat ranges from fifty to three hundred 

 salmon, the fleet sometiDies bringing in twelve or fifteen thousand. 

 This reason (18821) the run has been so extraordinary that the Delta 

 Cannery put up 1,280 cases in a single day, and 6,600 cases in six days. 

 Messrs. Page & Ladner, the managing partners of the firm, showed me 

 their product for the last mouth, amounting to the enormous quantity 



