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X'erein Deiitscher Teichwirte (or Society of German Pond- 

 culttirists) ; the Verein Deutscher Fischhaendler (or Fish 

 Dealers' Union) ; the X'erein der FischindustrieUen 

 Deutschlands ; and the Verein der Privatl:)eamten der Teich- 

 wirtschafts nnd Fischereibetriebe Deutschlands (or Union 

 of Private Officers of Fish Ponds and Fishing"). There 

 are upwards of 50 societies of a UKjre local character that are 

 sufficiently active to have their proceedings reported in the 

 journals. There is also a general council of fishery societies, 

 the Fischereirat, which meets annually, from whose pro- 

 ceedings in June, 1909, extracts are here gi\'en. 



There are four fishery journals published in Germany 

 twice a month or oftener, besides one in the German 

 language in Austria and another in Switzerland. 



Instruction is given by courses of lectures and demonstra- 

 tions ( "Lehrkurse" ) and l^y tra\-eling" boards ( "W'ander- 

 lehre"), the officers of which can l)e summoned to make 

 local examinations as the basis of advice on questions of fish 

 culture. Of these lecture courses there were ten announced 

 in the Allgemeine Fischerei Zeitung in 1908, and two of the 

 traveling boards were advertised. 



Public support of fish culture is gi\en from lime to time in 

 the form of subxentions to the fishery societies, tlie (ierman 

 ]^'ischerei\erein acting usual!}' as an intermediarx', dixiding 

 the sul)\entions when necessary ami»ng the minor societies. 

 These subventions are generally made for s])ecihc purp(.)ses. 

 Thus, in 1908 tlie imperial goxernment granted 21,780 

 marks for the following ])urposes : 



For distribution of salmon and sea trout in tlie littoral 

 districts of the Baltic Sea, 3,000 marks ($720); for the 

 importation of eel fry from Fngland for the stocking of 

 German waters, 8,500 marks ($2,040) ; for the production 

 and liberation of salmon fry in the Rhine and its tributaries, 

 3,959 marks ($950) ; for the i)ro(luction and distribution of 

 salmon fry in the Elbe and tri1)utaries, 5,571 marks 

 ($1,337 ) ; and for the 

 waters, 750 marks ($180). 



