14 THE HERRING FISHERIES. 



for kippered herrings and Pindon liaddocks. It is found that 

 our whitinp^, hream, and mull(^t are most suitable for this 

 process, and these s})ecies can he captured in large quantities. 

 It is the intention shortly to att(;mpt the canning- of cray- 

 fish ; — some samples of this criistacc^an have indeed already 

 been put up as an experiment, and it is claimed that they are 

 far superior to the imported canned lobster. As the supply 

 of this cray-iish is during five months of the year practically 

 inexhaustible, there seems every prospect of a large trade 

 being opened up. The Company proposes to display its wares 

 at tlie forthcoming World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 

 1893, and a favourable report from competent judges is hoped 

 for. 



THE CLA.EENCE EIVER FRESH EISII AND CANNING 

 COMPANY (LIMITED) 



more fully described in tlu; Appendices, is a registered 

 Ccnnpany, ])ossessing a fairly suilicient capital — the works 

 are at Iluka, at the entrance to the Clarence Hiver — the 

 aim of the Company is to estal)lish a trade in the supply 

 of fresh fisli to tlie metropolitan markets by the aid of 

 steam traders, fitted with proper appliances to maintain 

 the requisites tomperaturo. In addition, as its title implies, it 

 has em.bark(Hl in the business of canning fish for export, and, 

 like its sister establishment at Ca])e Hawke, bids far to 

 secure remuu<srativ(s results. An ex]iil)it from this Company 

 also will be on view at the approaching. Columbian Exposition. 



THE HEEEING EISIIEEIES. 



The herring fisheries on the New South Wales coast have 

 not so far received the attention wliich their importance 

 demands ; indeed this lish is so very rarely seen in the Sydney 

 fish market as to warrant the belief that the Australian seas 

 are barren of this species which form such a large source of 

 wealth in other countries. The late Sir William Macleay, 

 a principal authority on all ({ucstions connected with fish 

 and fislieries, says, in a ])ap(T read beibre the Linnean Society, 

 that tlie very reverse is the fact. There is no sea on the globe 

 favoured with a more rich or varied supply of fishes of the 

 lierring tril)(; tlian that which washes our shores. That they 

 are seldom seen is due to the fact that the shoals do not as 

 a rule enter the harbours on the coast, and that to fish for 



