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THE STATUS OF THE FISH COMMISS-ION. 



This doubtless seems like a very sweeping statement, aud since I do 

 not like to appear in the attitude of one who boasts of American su- 

 premacy and is not able to substantiate his position I shall endeavor 

 to support my i)osition by evidence. 



Let us take first the prize list of the Internationale Fischerei-Ausstel- 

 lung in Berlin. • 



Here is a tabulation of the prizes in fish culture : 



Here also is a tabulation of the general prize list at the International 

 Fisheries Exhibition, Loudon, 1883 : 



INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION, LONDON, 1883. 

 Jury awards to foreign and colonial countries. 



No. 



Countries. 



Gold 

 medals. 



Silver 

 medals. 



Bronze 

 medals. 



Diplo- 

 mas. 



Total. 



United States 



Norway 



Sweden 



Canada 



New Soutli Wales . 



Newfoundland 



Spai 



Netherlands 



Russia 



India 



Italy 



France 



Denmark 



China 



Tasmania 



Greece 



Bahamas 



Chili 



Germany 



Belgium 



Jamaica 



Straits settlements. 

 Auatiia-Hungary . . 



Tunis 



Ceylon 



Japan 



Total 187 



151 



146 



122 



42 



25 



26 



42 



30 



53 



15 



9 



20 



16 



6 



5 



4 



4 



4 



5 



5 



8 



3 



1 



1 



1 



3 



200 



89 



747 



In a dispatch to the Secretary of State, dated May 19, the American 

 minister, Mr. James Eussell Lowell, wrote: 



" I have the honor to report that the International Fisheries Exhibi- 

 tion promises to be far more successful than even the most sanguine of 

 its projectors had ventured to hope. The wisdom of Congress in mak- 

 ing so liberal an appropriation in furtherance of its object is entirelj^ 



