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the Dublin market, and no doubt much also in other 

 large towns, and the aggregate value may be set down 

 -at nearly £200,000. In 1880, 9,660 boxes were sent to 

 London. 



Salmon Fisheries of Canada. — The salmon and trout 

 fisheries have greatly increased under careful culti- 

 vation. Many salmon ladders have been built, and 

 thousands of ova have been hatched artificially and 

 ^stributed through the Dominion. In streams that till 

 lately were devoid of sahnon these fish are now to be 

 found in abundance. The captures were in 1872 : — 



Nova Scotia ... 6,690 barrels, valued at 144,195 dols. 



Quebec 4,153 „ „ 65,830 „ 



New Brunswick... 8.291 „ „ 210,386 „ 



Ontario 7.586 „ „ 60,688 „ 



Total ... 26,720 „ „ 481,099 „ 



The Califomian salmon, the Onchorhynchus quinuat, 

 {Salmo quinnat, Rich)is a handsome fish, with silvery scales 

 and a deeper body and less delicate look than the salmon 

 of Europe ; but the quality of the flesh is quite equal to 

 the latter. 



From the annual report of the Oregon Board of Trade 

 -we learn that the salmon catch of the spring and summer 

 of 1880 yielded 530,000 cases. In 1875 a catch of 231,500 

 cases was considered enormous; 1877 yielded 400,000 

 cases, and 1879 as many as 435,000 cases. This rapid 

 increase shows the vast extent and financial value of the 

 Oregon salmon fisheries. Of the half million and more 

 cases packed in 1880, 211,522 cases were sent to San Fran- 

 cisco, and 239,241 cases shipped direct to Great Britain. 



The fisheries of British Columbia are among the 

 richest in the world. They are probably only equalled 

 by those on the eastern coast of Canada. The most 

 important fish is the salmon, of which there are six 

 species or varieties. Those of Fraser river are justly 

 famous ; they make their way up the river for 1,000 

 miles. The silver salmon begin to arrive in March or 

 early in April, and last till the end of June. Their 



