The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-01 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The result of the general census in Wurtemberg
effected la,sbtut Decemberitisknown
to show a has not yet
been
no on
officially
yhepu3bd ofedlish
total of 1,778,109 inhabitants against 1,748,328 in
December, 1864, being an augmentation of 29,781
inhabitants in the three years. As the fraction
above 100,000 souls exceeds 50,000, there will be
18 deputies instead of 17 to be nominated for the
Customs' Parliament.

FRANCE.

BuRE' j —Transactions are very aative,
and°thesmarkAN. 30
etisfirin.

Three o'clock. —The market closed as follows :-
43 per Cent.
End of month — Ital'an Loan ...... 43 30
3 per Cent
End of month 6B 67i Mexican Loan 16 75
Credit Mobilier 173 75 Do. Bonds ..... 130
End of month 175 Spanish Threes 37
Credit Fonder 1390 Home Debt ...... 341
End of month 1390 Deferred .........
Account.
Orleans .. 878 i
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean, ............... 8564
Southern..... ................................. 5381
Western ....................................... 565
Eastern • • ........................
Sardinian ........................ ........... 371
Austrian ....................................... 5161
Lombard ....................................... 330
North of Spain ..............................
Saragossa ....................................
Roman .......................................... 45i

RULWAY

THE SALMON SEASON.—To-day (February 1) the
annual fence time, during which it is illegal to take salmon
in England, closes, and the season would open to-morrow,
the 2d, but as the day falls this year on a Sunday, and a
weekly close time is established by the new Fishery Laws,
from Saturday at noon to Monday morning fishing, will not
actually commence until G o'clock on Monday morning. In
one or two fishery districts established under the Salmon
Fishery Act, 1865, the annual fence time has been pro -
longed, and fishing for salmon will not take place for a fort-
night to come, whereas in some Irish rivers fishing com-
menced a fortnight ago.
The prospects of the ensuing
season are considered favourable. Some palpable results
may now be fairly looked for from the working of the Sal-
mon Acts 1861 and 1865. There can be no doubt from the
nature of the reports from different parts of the country
that there is a material increase of salmon in our rivers.
On the Severn fishery district, which embraces a length
of no less than 668 miles of
river, the largest district
yet formed under the new law, there has been for two
or three winters a remarkable increase of spawn-
ing fish. This year the salmon showed themselves on
the spawning beds in November. The chief rush of fish
up the rivers was in the following month, and those having
deposited their ova kayo been seen falling back towards
the sea, there to recruit themselves, to return to the fresh
water again in the summer as seasonable fish. Some high
freshes in the middle of January materially assisted the
progress of the exhausted "kelts" (as the spawned fish are
called) seawards, and these wore met on their way by
another run of gravid-salmon, which at the end of the
close season had not yet all performed their natural func-
tions. But, although there are still a good many unsea-
sonable kelts in the rivers, there have also been a fair
sprinkling of fresh run fish, which will be available for the
fishmonger next Monday.
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