448 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [12] 



1858. Ill that year 80,000 were planted; in 1859 and 1800, 30,000; 

 none in 1801, 1862, and 18G3; and from 1804 to 18GG a quantity vary- 

 ing between 28,000 and 30,000 per annnni.. Alter another interval of 

 two years, the number planted annually tVom 1SG9 to 1874: varied be- 

 tween 10,000 and 45,000. As regards the following years I have no data. 



To give an idea of the results obtained, I shall first give an exatni)le 

 from the so-called " good old times." From a rei)ort for the year 1 713, it 

 appears that in that year there were caught near Ilameln, all in all, 

 245 salmon, weighing 2,019i pounds. (See Cnrular of the Genua u 

 Fishery Association, 1880, p. 09.) After the planting of yt)ung fiy, re- 

 ferred to above, the Hameln salmon fisheries increased in a wonderful 

 manner, the number of salmon being noticeably less in those years when 

 no young fry were planted. There were caught, in 1802, 2,C00 salmon ; 

 iu 18G3, 4,000; 1804.5,000; 1805,1,500; 1800,1,100; 1807,900; 1SG8, 

 1,500; 1809, 1,800; 1870, 2,000; 1871, GOO; 1872, 2,200; 1873, 1,000; 

 1874, 7,500; 1870, 2,300; 1877, 1,870; 1878, 1,200; 1879,487; 1880, 

 1,250. The statistics of the last two years, however, do not comi)iise 

 the number of lish caught near Wehrbergen and Lacliem. For tlie 

 years 1881, 1882, and 1883, I possess no data. 



The annual rent for the salmon fisheries near the Ilameln weir was, 

 in 185(), (mly 1,830 niaiks [$439] ; it rose to 12,000 marks [$2,850] for the 

 three-years' period of 18GG to 18G8 ; declined to 5,:"37 nuirlis [6l,-!17.80] 

 and 4,005 marks [$1,0:'0.27] in 1809 and 1874, resi)ectively ; rising again 

 to 15,285 marks [$3,037.83] for the i)eriod from 1875 to 1879 ; and was 

 15,000 marks [$3,731.08] iu 1877-'7!>; and 10,005 marks [$2,381.1!)] iu 

 1880. The llude sabnou fisheries, below the weir, the private property 

 of some citizens of Ilameln, rented for 18 marks [$4.28] in 1S4G, later 

 for 300 marks [$71.4(ij, and for 4,500 marks [$1,0SG.28] during the i)eriod 

 from 1877 to 1880. These ligures certainly pioxc the success of salmon 

 l)lanting iu the AVeser. In Ilanu'lu we find the very rare instance of 

 lisliories whose results do not shun i>ublicity, because the fisheries are 

 rented to joint-stock companies whose shareholders demand full and 

 accurate statements. 



Above Haineln, also, the sabnou fisheries show a large number of fish, 

 compared with previous years, whenever the condition of the river ena- 

 bled the fish to pass the weir referred to above. Thus, iu the autumn 

 of 1865, the Fulda salmon fisheries were so i)roductive that a pound of 

 salmon sold for 30 i)fenuige [about 7 cents]. Mr. Schieber, of Uameln, 

 caught 05 salmon from the 5tli to the 8th of November, near Daub's 

 Mill, on the river Eder, a tributary of the Fulda (see Circular of the 

 German Fishery Association, 1872, p. 195). Of late years the Fishery 

 Association of the district of Kassel has also taken up salmon-culture, 

 and plants salmon fry iu the waters of that district, so that we may look 

 for still further development of the salmon fisheries. 



If during the last few years the Ilamelu salmon fisheries have been 

 less productive, the reason therefor must be found in unfavorably 



