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Fish OF all Nations.

Fish OF all Nations.
The International Fisheries EXhibi-
ton was opened on the 18th Of May in
London, with great eclat by the Prince
OF Wales, III the presence Of diStn-
guished company. The ceremonies on
The occasion were i'll accordance with
the programme heretofore announced.
The Prince Of Wales in his remarks
expressed regret at the unavoidable
absence OF the Queen, and conveyed the
thanks Of her Majesty to all the coun-
tries participating in the display and to
thelr representatives for their untirnp
| eXertiOnS in the WORK of ensuring the
success Of the Exhibition.
10 the phlegmatic Dutchman belong
the honor of having inauguratcd fishery
exhibitions, for one Of the first, if not
the very first, was held ut Amsterdam
III 1861. The programme was suih-
clently comprehensive, and was evil
IDENTIFY drawn up with care; but the
novelty of the exhibition was most
likely the reason of its being, compar;l-
lively speaking, scantily latronized,
though at the time it was accounted u
success. For the next four years things
were at rest, but in 1865, on the 1st OF
Augusta fisheries exhibition was opened
at Bergen, the programme being nearly
counterpart Of that ut Amsterdam,
ana included, besides the apparatus OF
all sea fisheries, from the whale to the
shrimp, models OF curing and smoking
houses. The next year there was an
other exhibition Oh Il small scale at
Arcachon, and later in tho same wear
still another at Eoulogne, on a grander
scale. The next year witnessed three
s%hibitions-Onea at the Hague. another
at Aarhuus, in Denmark, and the third
at Vienna. June, 1868, saw the OPEN
ing or the 1Iavre Exhibition. Picked
mackerel was shown, it is believed, for
the first time, and was then looked
upon as more or less Of a novelty, as
ALSO was the aquarium, which was the
most popular feature i'll the show. Nor
way and Sweden had ZealOuSly taken
part in all exhibitions down to 1867.
but they were unrepresented ut Hayre.
In 1871 there was al exhibition at
Naples. Promoters had then an easy
time till June, 1873, when the Pisci-
cultural Exhibition was opened at the
Westminster Aquarium, London.
In 1873 proposals were set on foot at
Berlin to hold a fisheries exhibition
there, and after two years of prepar;,-
tion one was opened III April, 1881.
1t was under the patronage of the
Grown Prince; the Emperor and En-
press, several Archdukes, and the King
or Saxony being among the givers Of
prizes. The last-named monarch pro-
pounded Veritable riddle. His prize
was for the best solution of the Qucs
| tlon how to render sewage. etc, in-
nocuous to the fish III the river into
| which the sewage flows. Eleven Gov
! ernments took part in the exhibition.
The American display was chiefly re-
markable for life-saving appliances.
There was an apparatus for fixing to a
tiShlng-rod to enable an unskillcd hand
to make long casts when spinning; and
| there was also u fearful arrangement
of spring hooks, far more deadly than
the English snap tackle, which rem
dcred unnecessary all dclicacy Of hand
ling Oh the part of the gentle fisher.
lie had nothing to do but drop his bait,
and il fish touched the engine with
his head or tail, the spring was released
ard the fish hooked somewhere. But
perhaps the most wonderful thing in
the exhibition, as it was thought at tho
| line, was Wickersheimer's fluid, q
cOlOrleSs preparation that would pre-
in it, SO that examination and dissection
might take place at any time. Another
feature Of tho Berlin exhibition was the
collection Of archives sent by the fishing
associations Of Germany. It appeared
that in former days q number Of fishing-
guilds existed, and these in course of
! time gave way to more modem associa-
tiOns, about fifty of which sent books,
tackle, and insignia; the books Of the
Berlin Association contained list of
masters from 1887 to 1924. These
angling associations appeared to have
worked with Il will, for it was said that
in 1873 over G,0O0,000 of fry had been
| distributed III the German rivers.
The interest in the fishery exhibitions
was now complete, and the Exhibition
at Norwich, England, opened by the
Prince OF Wales on the 18th Of April,
1881, was Il great success. In April
last year Lord Rosebery, III the absence
Of the Duke Of Edinburgh, the Presi-
| dent opened the Fisheries Exhibition at
the Wayorley Market in Edinburgh.
Even Siberia was represented, while
the Swedish department was so COM
plete as to draw from Lord ROsebery
the remark that the Swedes had "traced
the life Of q fish from the cradle to the
dish." At Edinburgh, as at Berlin,
there was q good collection Of works
upon fish and fishing. Lovers Of the
curious we're gratified by q sight Of the
fish-eating bug, and one Of the features
Of the exhibition was the collection of
stuffed fish shown by the London fish
ing societies. 3.i .
England last year imported enough
German beer to pay custom duties Of