Ivcffiitlv a similar cxhihitinii has been started in < )>ai<a. wlieie snnu-wliat ditterent criteria 

 ])re\ail. Tims, wliile a \ariet;alecl ranelni is not regarded with i'a\(M- in 'i'ukyo, a lisli with line I'ed 

 and wliite nuillhngs and a hriglit rcil lieail is very popniar in Osaka. 



A nuteworthy goldti.sii exhibit at llie eily of Sakai. held in cdnneetion with the great National 

 iCxposilion at Osaka, was visited b\ the anthnr. The eliuice lish, displaxed in a long series of very 

 sh.'dliiw ccinerete ponds, were nnniemns as to indi\idnals and re])resented most of the varieties known 

 at that time. Those most in evidence ami with particularly line examples were the marnk(j, the 

 oranila, and the rvnkin. One pair of marukos fi)ur years old and weighing ])n>l>ab!y Iialf a ])ouni| 

 apiece was valued at S50 ; the fish were white, with a few bhjod red blotches. Other specimens of 

 superior breed had a nearly uniform golden body and red head. .\ beautiful type of ryukin was white, 

 with the center of each scale red. .Some large orandas 4 years old, with a cons])icuous rounded mass 

 of ])ink warts on the to]) of ihe head, were of the tokin (.)r ca])ped form; others were rich, velvety 

 black, with a golilen vellow snlTusion on the under parts, .\mong the deniekins were some compar- 

 ali\el\- large fish with small bhu'k bkjiches iri'egnlarl}- co\ering the led and white body color. 



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The goldfish industrv is so completely eclipsed b\' numerous other branches of the fisheries that 

 the jai)anese themselves do not attach to it a great deal of importance commercially, and exclude it 

 from the verv thorough fishery statistics that are collected and published inider government auspices, 

 'idierefore. it is not possible to i>resent any llgnres showing the general extent of the business. Tn 

 the Korivama district at the time of the author's visit the normal annual goldfish crop was estimated 

 at 10,000,000 fish. It is likely that the yearly production and sale of goldfish in the whole of 



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