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Amazon of which the impression has prevailed in Peru that the 
waters are too cold for fish hfe. Some of these would undoubted- 
ly prove congenial to some of the species of Salmonidae. 
CHILI. 
Attempts at fish cultural work in Chili have been conducted 
for a number of years under the direction of Frederico Albert. 
Chief of the Seccion de Aguas 1 Bosques del Ministerio de In- 
dustrias. It appears that on two or three different occasions pre- 
vious to the administration of Mr. Albert the Chilhan govern- 
ment obtained shipments of salmon eggs without making prep- 
aration for their reception in the country. Consequently when 
the eggs arrivedcLin Chili after a long journey they were a total 
loss 
Carp were introduced into Chili a number of years ago with 
disastrous results. Mr. Albert reports that after they were in- 
troduced the trucha and pejerrey which abounded in the streams 
of Chili became very much diminshed in numbers. He attri- 
butes the diminution to the fact that the carp devoured the food 
upon which the native species subsisted, and states that the carp 
themselves were not a success and that they became a thin and 
bony race of fishes. His report indicates that the species acquired 
more bones than the usual number, but it is inferred that this 
is not the case. The bones became more prominent as the fish 
became reduced in size and flesh. In addition to the carp, tench, 
calico bass, and goldfish were introduced but no information has 
been received as to what effect, if any, was produced by their 
introduction. 
During the year 1903 quite an extensive salmon station was 
constructed near Los Andes During the past year 300,000 
fishes six months of age were distributed from this station, con- 
sisting of Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, brown trout, and 
steelhead trout, the eggs of which were all obtamed in Europe. 
It is too early to report any results from fish cultural work in 
Chih, however. While the people in general can not yet appre- 
ciate the value of fish culture, it is regarded as of great import- 
ance by the government. ‘There are no private fish cultural 
establishments im the country. 
