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certain space between it and the next bundle. These bundles are 

 more or less closely set up for the purpose of the growth of 

 young oysters. In narrow places these bundles are stuck up either 

 making round or in oblong figures in double or triple rows. 



This being done, oysters grown on these bundles are trans- 

 fered to nurseries where they are slowly stirred up so as to 

 keep them from being covered by mud or to strengthen 

 their parts along the edges of their shells for export purposes, 

 and also to make a selection of oysters so as to eliminate dead 

 shells. In this way larger ones are sold, but in most cases they 

 are fed for the space of 3 or 4 years. 



In Japan the Cleira oyster culture of French type has not 

 been adopted yet with the exception of a few cases where the 

 results are quoted under the usual price of oysters. In Japan the 

 prices are fifty or sixty sen per half bushel of oysters without 

 shells, and those with shells are quoted at one or two yen per 

 bag, containing 133 pounds. Osaka is celebrated for its oyster 

 cooking. Photographs of oyster culture and samples shown in the 

 exhibition are taken from Hiroshima prefecture. 



(9) Gold Fish Exhibited by 



Tokyo Fu Exhibitors Association. 



The gold fish is a transformed species of a crussian carp which 

 is said to be imported from China but it was known in Japan 

 from the remotest ages. The gold fish of Japan are different 

 from the Chinese product. Since gold fish are cultured as pets, 

 various transformed species are produced while the degree of 

 prevalence of gold fish varies according to circumstances. Both 

 in kinds and in the method of culture we observe differences in 

 various districts. There are two species of gold fish, one brought 

 up in clayish soil and the other in muddy ponds but in such 



