1G4 THE I-TSIIEl.'lKS. 



food-tiflies, can bo vestni-fd dr lunri' llian i-iv-lmcil to llicir furiiu'i' 

 productiveness, and if it is p!)->ililc to (iiuntfriiri tlic 1.HV11I- (if 

 heavy drafts, by brei'ding salt-water a> wi-ll a- frr.-li-\vati'r H>lies,. 

 on a lar^'e scale, then a nio.-t inqioitant voik i- d(nic, tin- \aliie 

 oi which it would be ditlicidt to o\cr-e-tiiiiate. Tlini sca-fana- 

 ing lieconies a science, and tin- >tock of (■(umiiei'cial tishcs may 

 be incivasc'd indefinitely with as or^at cerlaiuty as cattle and 

 sheep can be increased on land. Pisciculture pmiuisesto accom- 

 plish this ; and in Xewfoumlland, tiie ureal cxjieriment, on a 

 gigantic scale, is pi'oceeding. Other ti.-hiiig cnuntries are en- 

 gaged in the same ex}n'riments ; but in some res]>ects, this 

 country has taken the lead and maintains a .supremacy. 

 1)II.1>0 HATCHKKY. 

 The first ste]i taken in the new dep;uturc was the erection of a 

 Cod Hatchery at Dildo Island in Trinity ISay, in which also the 

 artificial ])ropagation of loli.-ter.- was carried on. 'idiis eslabli.-h- 

 ment was titted up by ^Ii'. Xi(dsL-n with all moilern inipio\-emeiits 

 and nothing was h'ft undone to secure succi->s. ,Man\" ilitficulties 

 were encountered, and many ob-tides overcome. The following 

 figures show the nundjer of cod ova hatched at Dildo and planted 

 in the waters of Trinity Bay, during the four years in which the 

 hatchery has been in opei-ation : — 



Years. No. ol'coillisli liatclieil. 



1890 ]7,000,UU() 



1891 39,550,000 



1892 105,254,000 



1893 201,-135,000 



Total j.lauted . . 423,439,000 



The following figures show the nnnd)er of lobsters hatched in 

 the same establishment during five years : — 



Years. Lobster o\'a liatcliud. 



1889 . . • . . . 4,039,000 



1890 15,070,800 



1891 10,274,200 



1892 2.500,000 



1893 h095,00a 



Total .... 32,889,000 



