, 1881-01-01

|. IN COMrAlt1soN WITH 1870
an Increase IN tic sales 1T fish Ut fuiiy Is ,er
cent Is reported, tic nggrt9atc being gtyc,,
! Mt 600, a. Agatnst 81, Geo for IS;D
The capital elnnloyrd Inns hut been materially
}ncrcnsed. Tho figures tnn,nin ut !s:s13 COS
that alnostnt having bcci, fnund sufficient tt
10 tito wholesale ant jObltnE business. III
soilc respects tho year Inns been moro salts.
factory tlan Wis the previous year. Stacks,
for Instance. have been III fwtter s,lape. Thu
scarcity which, during certain periods oi
1870, dorangrd trasle, alud ,aore OF less snrf.
ously intcrfercl will, tic execution of ordcrs,
has not been cxpcrIcnersI 10 the sa,nc extent
during tho nastyear There llavc bccl! tln,cs
When tho supply Of certain llsi,-l,otabiy int
1nackorel md t;eorgc's cnsl-wns cUnsiter.
ably short OF the demand, but generally
spgakinE tho market WINS vol supplied; MD,
taEen hll III MI, the snj'sun WIS more tl!AIi
ordinarily satisfactory Une. Prices llav,,
! hveraged higher, ihdltEl, tho difference wns
hot yery nlntGrinf, except III tho t.nse of
tieor&e's goldfish, whcl, lInye ranged frol,, loc
&9SiO por lou llIs above the prices OF 167O.
ZIG spring ui,d summer cRtcli Of
LAKE FISH
WINS fntr average, hnt, rs thc stocks left
oyer from tie previous year were tncoli-
siderable, nil were uscd rs fast M received,
hnn PRICES were sustained at y relatively high
hoIlntt, hsI. t,;: :,.e .@ per 4 brl for No. white
Prices opened ii s5.ooGi5.s5 md gra,lHa[Iy
,''!,I wSrsed Upward Hn!! els,.t ts isl q Marc,
t;1na w1ls1 ,i; ;ey ;,s st1Gi i a. S5o@0@ fr" tint
Therc WIS slight aslvnnce I'll September
md 4 very marked iltlynnce during October
aM @ Ntygt'ller, Tl1o latter wins a result of
tla ,rf}h 9caoMr ,Sa ,,1s st9rn which worked havoc
,nHst severe ono ex.wriencett On the Upper
Lnkes nT!l tho lake fisheries llayu received IL
l!!ow from Witch they viii not fully rccovcr,
1 loT years. There was n, total destruction Of
'sss s 1e''nssst es st Gss GS e Very fS foi,sa ns?
atise III Int years, It is not easy 10 SEC
where tho money to put tho fishermen u,
thelr feet agati Is to coH!e. frdu. .Sinca carly
next to nothing, and tho yenr isso viii CHS.
market. Sineo OF. Is tlore lns See, ii n, @ ati,
ynimIce stiI, or 500 Rsr 9r!, a,M! the tpndency Is
was 4 totnl failure. One ilrm llere, WHO ii
the pAst lMyo received rs many MS 1900
1mckages, did not receive too pneknKcs last
faii, and they wero. fn d n,posltion Il, got lls
many rs any one.
~, SALTWATER FISH
hare boon more plentiful tllnn for the prc-
vlous year, mud Of better analfty:, The high
grades OF Dlnckcre] hAy0 beei, u llltle seRtce,
nut tito catch 0f medium md slnull sizes was
MIse' niia Gf ltnlis'tiIy good qnnllty, which
imc tsxcter t!,e ,a w,t ae osr PRICES s5eatIy
lilly y, y @ te resln1,s M years quotations,
u light supply throughout nMi continue 80.
151ces 1da H. laSe f, ayernKsd from 7seesSlM per
E inE at s5,7aag.oo, and closing Mt $G.00.
,l'llb loWist quotation was $3.50. Bank cod
iis,,, o. on The, TIC o1l.er h9nd, wero plentiful anl
n fo r r. s,y anoI ls R R,fss or,ag ,sTrn ny beea
Or Dutch herring were tho largest over
KNOWN. blit at the very low prices at which
they were, offered ,they wei,t rapidly int,
eol'a',npiotl COZ and tue stocks now o baud nrs
ssa Ss ss5 say fs Ss ses 81 Soewcsan Ct I s1 s
Fl1E thy the i!n1ortAtons show falling nd, tho
hlgli PRICES III Norway keering ti,o flsll 1T
lnllle' Yh9 eAtch of Labrador WIS n lttt!O
sea,, ssor., put hnrrna t1 an'y as better than Hsa.
smoked snlmon. b!natcrs, and sartllncs l,nyo
brc dealt in quite rs extcnsiro!y as II, former
seaS3s. rIIcss have ilot differed ynry lnn.
,eIia''y ,enn Iron, a!o ruling rates OF ls1 Sul
Enstcrn catch rs well rs tint OH tic l'nciIIc
C0ast wis partial failure and prices IN thIg
market l'I'a have ruled about s209 per brl higher
ne S9efFqtS9 ~ a' e. hahn,q ~ pTGet9n an
world arc shown BY the following ijgurra:
Norvay. .sisSSSfso is5ffs e'"4Fi}t siE}S t
nsassG un'tea aiatcs 'Sn,@ Ss's@6 s*sSn ,
HtEnt t tnF4lnan'.,........s 4.NtAAu H,4en,iMN
AsueS'as... ..'*''.s.-........ b.i ilhdM hHs0,UQ
THE FREsI1 FISH 1luaINEss
lias ruled nct!vc, ut Higher prlces Tho nd
lines Of goods, a,al partly hrcaiiao Of tho H. |
crcnsnE cost of bringing TIC tlsll I,oro. IIil
y recently our dealers pricMred most Of tliolr !
w., ~, tttl tue n4rteril llalfGf 1,ekc Michigan.
md Alllwaukeo. has .lwlnllei, largeiy % on nc.
count or the RlRnKhtaF Of small f}s1i hv tl,n