Peculiar Features of the Fish-Market. 81 
vinces, and when arriving in the latter part of February 
will bring as much as $1.50 a pound. The consumption of 
salmon, we are glad to say, has been very much increased 
by its cheapness. If it were not for the methods’ of refriger- 
ation, which prevents a glut in the market—which process 
absorbs the surplus—salmon might be sold at six cents a 
pound. 
In presenting to the notice of the Association the three 
fresh-water fish most in use in the markets, it happens that 
all of them are especially of the kinds to which your la- 
bors as fish culturists have been directed. It is to these 
particular fish, as objects of commerce, then, that we have 
more particularly directed our attention. 
To conclude the report of your section, we may allude 
to the pompano. Having in former years, after some slight 
difficulties, succeeded in introducing this most delicate of all 
fish—a fish which we believe to be the finest of all table- 
fish, being in fact the rival of the turbot—we have to note 
that the pompano last year was rarely received in our mar- 
kets from Southern waters. The supply from Norfolk and 
from Chesapeake Bay was almost entirely wanting. Per- 
haps the Commissioner from Maryland can inform the Asso- 
ciation as to the peculiarities of this fish. in the waters 
over which he has supervision. 
Referring once more to salmon, and endeavoring to ac- 
count for its great plenty in the waters of the Dominion, 
we think we can see very clearly why the fish have been in 
such abundance. It is because the provincial commissioners 
have wise legislation to back their efforts. Granting their 
well known skill.as fish culturists, we believe their efforts 
as to the introduction of young salmon in their waters 
would be of little avail if it were not for their care and 
