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hatchery of its own. The Hiningen fish hatchery—per- 
haps the largest on the continent—has no value from the 
standpoint of the modern fishculturist, and with regard to 
the accommodation for the work, many private establish- 
ments* in Germany leave far behind this big, but incon- 
venient, old-fashioned hatchery, which, I think, has com- 
pleted its historical role in fishculture. Norway is now 
one of the leading countries in regard to the work for all 
kinds of improvements in fisheries. Its Government grants 
for this purpose an amount of $57,788 yearly, which in- 
cludes $41,665 for fishculture in particular.t One of the 
largest salt-water fish hatcheries in the world, at Flodevi- 
gen, near Arendal (200,000,000 cod fry hatched in 1891), is 
controlled bya local fishery association, and gets a subsidy 
of 9,000 kroners from the Government. Next comes 
Switzerland, which operates, as compared with its area, 
ona very large scale. The Federal Government of that 
country has an appropriation of $2,207 for the fry planted 
by private men in the public waters. Besides that, almost 
every canton has one, two and sometimes several cantonal 
fish hatcheries. 
France—the cradle of pisciculture, the country which 
has contributed toward the development of this new in- 
dustry more work than any other country—now ranks far 
behind many European countries. The French Govern- 
ment does not pay much attention to fishculture in gen- 
eral, having an appropriation of 19,860 francs ($3,972) to 
maintain five not very large governmental fish hatcheries, 
and subsidize a private one (for shad hatching at St. Pierre 
les Elbeuf, on the Seine River). Only quite recently, 
thanks to the statements made by the Société Centrale 
d’ Aquiculture dela France, the attention of the French 
*] can mention here the well-situated and nicely-fitted fish hatcheries in Selzenhof, near 
Freiburg (8,000,000 trout eggs capacity), and in Seewiese, near Gemunden, Bavaria (4,000,000 
capacity), 
+The total of 208,040kr. is thus distributed: For scientific investigation in fisheries, 5,200kr.; 
subsidy to the fishery associations, 45,000kr. (that includes 8,000kr. for the hatchery at Flod- 
evigen): maintenance of fishery schools in Bergen and Bodo, 11,500kr.; fishculture work, 
7,250kr.; and the remainder for fish protection and fish administration. 

