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BEAUTY SHOPPE
MRS. J. L. REID
Open from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Admiral Bldg.
Specializing In
Hairdressing, Shampooing, Eye
Brows Arched, Marcelling, Mani
•'ino "acial Massage, Scalp
, Bleaching and Hair
Fi, .ie for appointments.
MADISON 85
STUCCO WORK AND
PLASTERING
GERHARD JOHNSEN
Phone Adams 60
P. O. Box 1423
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
LADIES HAIRCUTTING .*
AND SHAMPOOING.
CLEAN SANITARY BATHS
Jess Lander, Prop.
The New Howard-Jesson
Coal—Try It.
Healy Lump, Nut or Mine
Run
Evan Jones Lump or Mine
Run
Nanimo Range Coal
, In Sack or Bulk
WOOD, ICE, HAY AND
GRAIN
Transferring — Teaming
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TRANSFER
Telephone—Main 81
ARCADE BUILDING
H. V. Hoben. A. F. Davis
BABCOCK FINDS AMERICAN FISH
SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUC
ED INTO NEW ZEALAND
VISITED SEWARD LAST YEAR
Was Unofficial Representative Which
Great Britain Sent to the
Pribilofs
Botli Pacific and Atlantic salmon
have been acclimatized in New Zea
land waters after repeated failures to
establish them in other parts of the
world, John P. Babcock, chairman of
the International Fisheries Commis
sion and the fishery expert of the Bri
tish Columbia government stated on
his return to Seattle recently after a
tour in the South Seas, New Zealand
and Australia.
Leaving Victoria last December on
j the Canadian-Australian liner Niagara,
I Mr. Babcock spent four weeks in the
j Fiji, Tonga and Samoan islands, six
weeks in Australia, returning via Rar
otonga, Tahiti and San Francisco.
“We had a most interesting trip,”
Mr. Babcock states. Dr. C. H. Gil
bert, the noted zoologist of Stanford
University and the leading investiga
tor of the Pacific salmon, with whom
I have been for so many years been
officially associated, made the trip
with me. While in New Zealand we
were afforded exceptional opportuni
ties ot investigate their salmon fish
eries. The government kindly placed
the services of its chief' inspector of
fisheries, L. F. Ayson, at our disposal,
: and he accompanied us while in New
Zealand.
Salmon Like Rivers
“New Zealand is blessed 'with a
j great many large rivers. We were as
tonished at their number and volume,
especially those in the South Island,
where most of the Pacific and Atlan
tic salmon are. <
the South Island have their source in
i the Southern Alps, the really nota
ble range of snow capped mountains
I that is the backbone of that wonder
fully beautiful and ‘ fertile island,
j Many of the rivers have a5 great a
i volume as the Thompson, Owekeno,
1 and Xass rivers in B. C., and the Sac
ramento at Marysville in California.
Some of them have their source over
100 miles from the sea. Being snow
i fed, their waters are cold throughout I
: the year. Their headwater tributar
i
ies afford hundreds of miles of favor
able spawning beds and several drain
extensive lakes. It is not astonish- !
ing, therefore, that the quinnat found
them satisfactory, and have made
their homo there.. Once Mr. Ayson
succeeded in getting the live eggs
there in prime condition, his work was
easily crowned with success.
I
Anglers Profit
For some years the catching of
quinnat was prohibited. As the runs
I increased the mouths of the Waitaki
and other rivers were thrown open to
anglers. The runs had so increased
by 1919 that the demands of market
fishermen to be permitted to use nets
and fish for the market were granted
by the government. The catch by
nets is, however, very small. There
are no estuaries at the mouths of New
Zealand rivers that permit of the ex
tended use of nets. Nearly nil the
fish are taken by rod and line and
spinning bait In February of this
year over 1.000 quinnat had been ta
ken with rod and line near the mouth
of the Waitaki river and shipped to
the markets. We saw quinnat in the
stalls of the fish markets of Welling
ton that were in prime condition, be
ing sold from 40 to 50 cents per pound.
In San Francisco last week th^ same
fish wert being sold from 40 to 50
cents per pound. We witnessed the
catching T one 15-pound quinnat at
the mouth of the Waitaki. The fish
was presented to us and we had it
served at. dinner thtit night. It was
rich in c r, oil T.nd flavor—quite the
equal of ar. of our salmon. The spec
imens w xamined showed no vari
ation in f m, color or structure. Spec
imens up o forty-two pounds have
been car .red, but. like the quinnat
o. the S ram onto, from which they
came, t e average weight is close to
16 or 17 pounds.
Run Varies
“The run of quinnat in New Zealand
rivers b gins late in January, reaches
its height in February or March, and
extends imp April. Some fish have
been taken as late as June. As has ;
been so . ommealy noted in w ell stock- i
ed rivers on the Pacific Coast, the :
size of -h runs to New Zealand wat
ers varies greatly, and has led to
» I
some uneasiness, there, but averagely
the run to most rivers is increasing. j
“The i .ture of the Facific salmon
fishery would sgem to depend on ad
ministration. If handled conserving- ,
ly, the self-perpetuating runs of quin- j
nat would gradually increase and re
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