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g INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. canned preparations of other fish, it was thought that the progress had not been so marked. CHINA. The preparations of fish coming from China were apparently rather curious than excellent. The Chinese have a method of curing fish, peculiar to themselves, which consists in drying and reducing to an almost impalpable powder all kinds of fish, so that it becomes quite impossible to distinguish the variety used. Among their prepara tions, they use the dried fins of the white and black, and white sharks. Europeans residing in China declare that such preparations, made from the fins of sharks, are excellent. The following information given by Mr. Kwong Ki Chui, member of the Chinese Educational Mission in the United States, furnishes some interesting data as to the kinds of fish found and used in China. Question. Are there any salmon in China ? Answer. Yes; there are in the sea, but not in large quantity. Q. What are the principal sea-fish ? A. Mackerel, shad, garoupa, sole, herring, pike, shark, prawn, shrimp, crab, lobster. Q. What proportion of fish enters into the daily diet of the Chinese ? A. W'e use fish as much as meat for every meal, and a majority of us use a little salted fish in addition. Q. Does China import any fish? A. Yes, we do; we import a large quantity of the following dried fish: flat-fish (Japan), abalony, or awabi (Japan and California), beche- de-mer (Japan and Sydney, Australia), shark’s fins (Japan, and some islands in China Sea), scallop (Japan). Q. What are the principal fresh-water fish ? A. They are shad (we call it fresh- and salt-water fish), mati-fish, and many kinds of which I do not know the names in English. Q. Is there any fish-culture, or preparation of fish from their eggs ? A. Yes, there is; we raise a great deal of fish in ponds for market. In the front of our villages there are generally some fish-ponds, except those in the northern part of China. In the south there are some places where a large number of fish-ponds straggle in plains. The inhabitants of the interior are, therefore, supplied with fish especially from ponds. The way of raising fish is this: a number of male and female fish of certain kinds are kept in a small pond, and the eggs are laid in spring. After the eggs are changed into fish and it becomes as large as a small finger, it is sold to the fish-pond keeper. He then