, 1881-12-31

trcsli. wtltcr fisheries Will hu understood
when It Is known tint fully h.Oo0 men nrt,
ssssS sssss1ts spsy1rE es|Es w' Il s es s'st' n ss
fisi, isl e'I Of 4 valve of sS,soootn 'fie ngere-
gnto catch Ii, ostlnlnted at aboat !H.0oo
S1Ii tes ss II %'lS ts co"ss,sn sss'y i ia i5 p1opo
state thnt nl like IisIi handled III tIts iaarkct
nro now subject 10
thu Mayors appontco to tlto office Of
Eth ispeftss , scaraS SlnS ''5y s yes stfss Gss
!. We say titu1arly because in rcal-
pa packaEe. !io depntizIna employees q tic .ie'l:
s.rs to perfurm tint responsible md oner'lis
tho ' burtlsnsolne task Of drawlnx, his
snnry. Tho lis., trado of tho city Is In
responsible md reputable iA,liis; nt,tt every
packnEe Of lnke fish sent ont ls carefully II.
1ir,.., and the buyer given nn opportunity to
examine t,le goods Def0rn paying fur tlent. 1t
u int easy TO SEP, tho necrssityM fnftAef
pncautIoti, especially rs tue ntItitlonGi cost
fllo consumer, wllose Interest, It Il claimed,
the utllcu was created to protect. Tho trado
believe tho office 10 be simply md purely
Einncnre, nih. moreover, without wnrfAht nf
the courts the validity Of tic appointment.
Contrary to the ecnerai belief,
riw MAcKE,,Ei. CATCH
fulis somewhat s!lbrt If that for 1880. Tho
New England fisheries, II Is true, were at-
s1 s hyynn Sy ss ssease % ~ & s " to ssons ss
wus shortage ii the British Provinces ,noro
thnn oifsettfng tho E1crcasa III New EnR!nnd,
tho nggregnte catcl! 9c!ng tn !iEtest ;o 1Gr 9s
l.uwever, was exceptionally goo.l. aud prices
very satisfactory. They wcru comparatively
low IN the. spring and carly Summer, but IN
yges y sy ysss ssn e to s wsr bcs watt1s 3 pse fe
brl ut tho fisheries. N0twi ttlstn,HtIng tho
l,iEh prices. tic delnnnd Inns l,ccl. unusually
largc, md tho stock IN tirst l,nnds la saI to
T. ss5 sen%o nn 9E .srsy tn yeSrs ps au a1 III, II,
thu then relatively low prizes; consc-
qacnlIy that popular ,tlsl, IS ' no@ selling !
IT, NY ,o,G aqket * ,a At Esi DMeT p5sSS f "
freIgj,t. Tllo yenr close 1T so.51aS5.7 Is for No.
shore. and ut s!A004s5s5 for. large family,
which is about q per gent lbovc the prices
q y"r eS St Or Sot1s efs Was VSsy ~,
Nn1 meats prices hasp ruled higher, the
difference MS compared with 1880 being fully
il per eelt; The present prMiee Ks for GeorEp9s
Is o la anS dt5;n fof SaMk tisos s ast lh9
failures. II is regnrt!e,l rs s!ngn!Mr taat the
scason's catel Should prove r. = fnilMre bntl, i
Oil the American nNt lIHbrntlnr Gntists, bilt
sllcl, was tho cllsc, md prices llAvo tllorefore
ruled mich higher tllnn III former years; or
Norwegian Herring the importations l'ava
Frensly Increased, tha demand fnr them h'ty-
i!s been larger tlla'l ever before, nwlng 70
salnlon hnyo been comparatively scarce, anil
slear. Tho fact TINT the Eastern shl1non
have been exceptionally b!iEIl luS not only
kept them out Of this lnrket, but
3 lnucll larger ;proportIon than usual Of the
California catch went Eust. milking tho sup
ply hero very Hight. ~ tlto present iino I'll tlils
1iss. Is selling ut S8.519le,75 per brl. Tic
California cntell was fully u per cent largor
t'lan for amy former ycar.
FRESH FISH,
This branch ~ trnda h,s hccn fotr1v nrt-
fyr inf Tia nrercEnfe lnlsinrss Of thtt yenr
,.ns ~, s -. ESa,t1, ~ ti,nt ~ tSa
wear, although prices have ruled somewhat
Higher. Tho eleven prominent firms en-
gagged report receipts Of batwcen 5,Q0O. QUO
md d500000 lbs 6f botl. salt Antl fresh llsll,
the sale Of which ut AL Averages of IL per ID,
gives MI aggregate cAsl. valuo Of over
$i50.0O0.
Complaint Is lnnle nEninst tho suin'ng
0perati0Ns by which tic smaller tiSt arc lie.
stroyed iEdtscrmlItAtely. and tho source OF
supply lessenesl every yenr. Nlnny PROPOSE
tlons looking TO the rei1elying Of this owl
lryo been ,tniit!c, but thus fur nothing prartl-
cal Inns bern done.