DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES,

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The gross number of fry put out of the above hatcheries for the benefit of the
State was 20,879,531 as follows :—
Whitefish 1,977,000
Salmon trout 3,227,000
Salmon (salar)...... .• . . 457,150
Brook trout... 1,620,000
Tom-cods, shad, smelts, &c 13,598,381
Total ...... 20,879,531
N.B.—Tom-cods, shad, smelts, &c., are not bred in any of the Canadian hatcheries.
The average cost of running the above hatcheries each was $9,283.
The average cost of the fry put out from the above hatcheries in 1887 was
$1.33* per thousand.
There are twelve fish hatcheries in Canada; they were all run and maintained
in 1887 for the sum of $35,114, and the output of young fish from them was 77,673,-
000, principally all of the salmon family. Bat in order to make a proper comparison
with the fish-breeding operations in the State of New York, as to expenditure, and
productiveness, nine of the Canadian nurseries will have to be taken, whose
aggregate expenditure for 1887 will amount to the same as in the American State.
These nine hatcheries are all working in the general interests of the inland and
Atlantic waters of the Dominion; in the same manner as the New York State nurseries
are operating for the Union.
The following are the nine Canadian hatcheries with their cost of maintenance
each in 1887 :—
1. Newcastle Hatchery * $5,367
2. Sandwich do 3,513
3. Bistigouche do ....... 3,768
4 Sydney do . 2,796
5. Tadoussac do . 1,971
6. Miramichi do 1,347
7. Bedford do . 3,904
8. Gaspé do 2,164
9. Dunk River do 1,260
Add proportion of Superintendent's salary 1,760
Total..... . $27,850
The average annual cost of running each of these nine Canadian hatcheries was
$3,095, being $6,188 less than the average cost of running each of the New 'York
State hatcheries.
The average cost of the fry put out from these nine Canadian hatcheries in 1887
was 39 cents per thousand, being about 94 cents less than the average cost per
thousand in the American hatcheries.
The gross number of young fish put out of these nine Canadian hatcheries in the
public waters of the Dominion in 1887 was 70,105,000, as follows :—
Salmon (&lar) 7,195,010
Salmon trout 2,120,000
Brook trout..... 70,000
Whitefish. 35,720,000
Lake pickerel (Lucioperca). . 25,000,000
Total 70,105,000
Being 49,225,469 more young fish put out of the Canadian nurseries than frorn
the New York State hatcheries in 1887.