428 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



The indications are that it is rather a "hard" than an alkaline water, 

 and contains no greater quantity of lime and salts than is often met 

 with in limestone districts, not certainly exceeding 40 grains per gallon. 

 Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, D. C, January 7, 1885. 



14«.-MKKMBKIir, CARP EXCHANGE.* 



The carp exchange, held in the Cafe" Liebel, was opened by Mr. Staub, 

 chairman. He stated that the Nuremberg Association had aban- 

 doned its idea of aiding carp-culturists by buying carp and selling 

 them at retail, because such action might hurt the fishermen and the 

 dealers, while the exchange ought to protect in every way the interests 

 of producers and consumers. Mr. Staub also stated that an English 

 gentleman intended to rent a fish-water at least 8 meters broad, and 

 containing principally trout and " aeschen " (Salmo thymallus), and re- 

 quested owners of such waters to send in their addresses. 



The fishery association of Central Franconia had resolved, in the in- 

 terest of fish-culture, to have a professional otter-hunter engage in 

 otter hunting in the waters of Central Franconia. A Mr. Morris, of Lon- 

 don, had offered to exterminate the otters in the waters of Central 

 Franconia. Mr. Morris made only one condition, that in case an otter 

 should escape into the forests, all owners of hunting-grounds should 

 allow him to hunt otters on their territory for at least two or three weeks. 

 This matter will be referred to Baron von Hermann, governor of the 

 province, and president of the fishery association of Central Franco- 

 nia, with the recommendation to accept Mr. Morris's offer. 



At the exchange there were offered for sale 29,500 pounds food carp 

 (37,000 the previous year), 1,400 pounds pike, 200 pounds tench, 3,100 

 pounds young carp, and 2,300 pounds carp fry. Owing to church fes- 

 tivals, no buyers were present from Schwabach, Fiirth, and the immedi- 

 ate neighborhood of Nuremberg. In spite of this, all the fish were sold. 

 The average price for food carp, weighing from 2 to 3 pounds apiece, 

 was 70 marks [$16.66] per 100 pounds. Several fish-culturists from 

 abroad have expressed their gratitude to the board of directors of the 

 exchange, and to the Nuremberg Fishery Association, because they 

 say that through the connections which they formed at last year's ex- 

 change they had been enabled last autumn and winter to sell their 

 entire stock of fish. The president of a foreign fishery association, in 

 a locality which is rich in fish, stated that this exchange enabled him 

 to sell his fish for 10 marks [$2.38] more than at home. For this reason 

 the fish-culturists of his district will attend in future. The exchange 

 lasted three hours. 



Nuremberg, Bavaria, September 22, 1884. 



* " Nurnberger Karjjfenborse," from the Deutsche Fischerei-Zeitung, vol. vii, No. 40. 

 Stettin, September 30, 1884. Translated from the German by Herman Jacobson. 



