■[•]]]■: FISIIKKIKS. 1()5" 



rKOATl.\'<; I\< I'BATOItS. 



It is, lio\vc\rr, ill liatcliiii^- lolisttTs liy lucaiis of Hnatiiiy incu- 

 bator.-', wiiii'li were iiivfiiti'<l liy ]\lr. Xril.-cn, tliat tlic <;i-L'atC'.-t 

 s>uci'C's.s has lifcu acliievcil. ''Jliis wdinlfi-riil imciitidii., w liirli is 

 ^iiu])k-, iiii-x])i'iisivc', ami easily wni-kcil, lias |ilacf(l Xewf'uinu!- 

 laiid far alicail <>[ all oIIkt rmiiitrics in the artiticial ]iropagatii>n 

 of tlii'sc \alualiK' cruslaceaiis wliicli an' cv crywiu-n- l)C'C()niing 

 scarcer, year after year, and in some lnUster-produring countries 

 are tlireateiied wirli t-xtinctimi. Fnr fmir years Xeilsen's floating 

 inculiutor> liave lieeii workeil under the Fisheries ' 'oniniis^idii, 

 in nearly all the large bays nf the island. The l()!h>\ving lalde 

 shows the i-esults : — 



Years. Xo. of lol)sters liati-lieil and plautei,], 



18!J0 390,934,000 



1991 541,19.j,000 



189:i 427,28:),00O 



1883 517,303,000 



Total . . 1,886,767,000 



S.VVINfi OF THK I.OBSTKK OVA. 



It is to he oh.-erved that this enoi'iiioiTs nuinlier of hih.-ters 

 ■\vere hatehed from ova collected at the varions lofister factoiies 

 where they M'onld otherwise have hcen (h'stroyed. The precious 

 life-germs are saveil, placed in the incubators, brought to life, 

 and after a time liberated in the waters. The invention is of 

 immense value not only to Xewfonndland but to every country 

 vliere lobsters are found. To this colony it will be wrnih many 

 millions of dollars. 



EESLLTS. 



Time is re([nired to thoroughly test and deleimine the value 

 of cod and lobster jifoiwigation, as the young cod re<[uiies three 

 or four years to come to maturity ; and the lobster from five to 

 seven years. It may lie mentioneil, howeverj that in Trinity Bay 

 large shoals of small codfish and fry have been seen bv the fish- 

 ermen in ])laces where they were never seen before and in siich 

 abundance that they must be the prf)duce pf the hatchery. 



