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an article of commercial value in China, and is habitually- 

 treated as an article of food for the million without dismay 

 by the ancient Oriental wisdom. 



In conclusion, attention may again be drawn to the 

 peculiar nature of the Chinese Exhibit. Of necessity 

 hastily gathered together from remote quarters, with no 

 aid from public museums or private collections, the Chinese 

 Exhibit does not compete with those of other nations. 

 The Chinese fisheries, as now carried on, date from and 

 have a succession of thousands of years, and the Exhibit 

 ought therefore to be judged by way of contrast rather 

 than comparison. It is by reason of this very differ- 

 ence from the general routine of the exhibits from other 

 countries — introducing, as it does, some new and pic- 

 turesque features characteristic of the nation — that the 

 Chinese Exhibit has been so attractive to the public. But 

 it is hoped that, beyond its popular attractions, it has also 

 been a source of interest and instruction to the practical 

 minds of those most conversant with the varying systems 

 of fisheries throughout the world. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. WiLMOT said that as his name had been mentioned 

 in the Paper he might say briefly he had no doubt the 

 salmon could be introduced to any part of the world where 

 the water was of such temperature and clearness as to suit 

 their habits of life. When they found that through the 

 operation of pisciculture salmon had been introduced from 

 Great Britain to waters below the Equator, where they were 

 not indigenous, he saw no reason why it should not be 

 equally possible to introduce them elsewhere, particularly 

 in a country like China, some of the rivers of which he was 



