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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, DECEMBER 15, 1898

THE DAILY EXAMINER

DECEMBER 15, (898

OUR OYSTER INDUSTRY.

| onstttagetios } Io @ previous issue of Tue Examiner the importance of the oyster industry in Quaeen’s County was pointed out and the

value of the experts shown. The intima-

tion was then made that it was our inten-

| tion later on to give some information re-

in Prince Coantr. | This informativo, which has been obtained

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from sources that may ve relied upovu, we

gardiog the ind ustry

bave much pleasure in placing before our readers today. | During this fall, up :o and including the first week of the present month, the ship- | ments of oysters by the Northumberland from Summersid: totsiled 16 303 barrels, 1,927 harrels of which were sent to the | Maritime Provinces and 14,376 barrels to Deductivg from the

sent by rail

. } the Upper Provinces. 1,850 barrels,

| . , | estimated to have been

| these quantity from shipment to the other 14,453

which mu-t be credited to Prince County

| Charlottetown for

left barrels

| provinces, there is

shipper. Add to these 1780 barrels ship- | ped from Summerside by the Quebec sieam- ler Campana, and we have a total of 16,233 ‘barrels representing the outputof the western traders. Averaging these oysters }at $4abarrel thetotal value ofthe ex- | ports would amount to the soug sum of $64,952, The quantity shipped from Sammer-

side this season was considerably less

than it wa3sin previous years, the con~ tinued windy weather interfering with the operations ofthe fishermen and prevent- List fall, one trip of the Campana alone, 1116

and

ing their getting to the beds.

y ou

| barrels were taken, altogether

steamer (ook more than twice the quantity

she received this season. What are ebip-

ped

however are of the best quality, and

’ greater

vare is taken in packing.

Our Province is fortunate in possessing

an oyster that is unexcelled the were awarded the palm, but for

for quality

| in America. Formerly Bedeque

oysters

| some Cause or other the beds have become

| depleted and there ie no public fishing at

in Bedeque Bay although private enterprise is trying to cultivate the bival- ves on leased beds,

Toe most celebrated oyster, now, ie the

Malpcque, takenio Richmond or Melpeque

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wud 12,000 barrels bave been shipped from that bay this fall. Mr Gilbert Misc x che. Between the opening of the season and the week io December he shipped 4200 barrels for which he paid to the fishermen about $14,010 besides what was expended for

The largest shipper is Desroches, of first

about

barreling, hauling, assorting, etc. The freight alone on his shipments amounted to about $2,590 Among the otber shippers are H C Mills and the Messrs Sharp, of Summerside, H Montgomery and Reid, of St Eleanora, avd H V Desroches, of Miscouche. Shipments were also made from Kingston, Barbara Weit and New Annan.

The Malpeqne oys'ers areof different classes, according to flavor and form of shell. The ‘*‘cup” oyster commands the highest price the market. It is a round, plump oyster and will keep much longer than other varieties, generally being as gool fished in November. ficzhed on the Curtain Island and Bord are marked ~‘ firsts”

in

ia April as when around They

rocks Island.

‘“seconds,”’ ac-

They are

and in price, out of the boats, from $1.50to $5.5) per barrel.

Next to these come the cove oyster, which is preferred by som2as itis very fat. It Shemody C

in the cove inside the Bay, and the Grand

is fouol in eek aod

River oyster resembles it very clovely. The price of these ranges from $3.50 to $1.00 per barrel. :

has been leased to the son of Geo. Enman: and he has about five acres staked cff. According to our information, Mr. Enwan tried to secure a lease from Liberal- Conservative Government but failed He succeeded, however, in getting une from the present Minister of Marine and Fish- erie. It isetated that Mr. Kemp -epre- sented that the bed was depleted. How- ever this may be, it is well koown that the bed had been fished profitably for twenty years and that oysters were just as plenti- fel on it as at

the

was leased any time, To view of all the circumstances it ie not eurprising that the action taken by the powers that be in this matter is denounced by good men, irrespective of party. The leasing of this bed is, all things considered, an injustice the like of which was never before

when it

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perpetrated in that section of the province. Do satisfy the public the Minister cf

It is the“big bed’ in Shemody Creek that |

tne |

It is estimated that between 11,000 |

| ed aad interesting. The Gripsack is edited

Marine and Fisheries bad an investigation held by the Fisheries Inspector. Two fich

the [ospector on a very unfavorable day, and it is said they did better Ashiog than they could have done on aay other bed in the Bay. the report of the investigation was asked for in Parliament the reply was that “none had been sent.” The Inspector, however, esys he forwarded the report.

Nobody knows what it was; but every-

ermen went with

But when

body knows what it shoul! bave been.

So ibis fine property is handed over to a private individu:l, He can use his Jrags and take all the smal! oysters and call them his, and no one dare object. The bed is calculated by competent jadges to y eld several huudred d.l'ars a year. The a lease

granted under such circumstances, and at

Government refeses to cancel the same time they will grant no others, sayiag it is pot in ther power according to a decision of the Privy Council.

The ovster indastry which furnishes em-~

ployment to 80 many persons is deserving of every enconraga~

meut aod protection. Whilst other fisher- men receive a bounty the oyster fisherman

must pay @ tax of one dollar every season. This goes to pay offizials who live miles the beds are during the

away from the Bay, whilst disturbed close by poachers and the§ destructiv,

continually season drag openiy violates the law in the fol’. To prevent this at once would be more satis- factory than to letthem drag away and then impose a nominal fine at the close of the season, which is, perhaps, remitted for political reasons.

A great many would prefer to have no to the old tradition of not eating ovsters in any letter “R° does not

This would exclude May—and

epring fishing, in fact would stick

month in which the

occur.

| spring fishing.

| Our figures show the velue of the oyster | export from Prince County to be $64.952. Add to this amount the $29,090 estimated as the value of the prodac!t of the waters

of Queen’s County andwe have a total

of $84932. This in its If ; But if the conditions favorable in the western

isa nig sum. had been more section of the province the aggregate would in all prob | ability be upwards of $100,000.

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CHRISTMAS PUBLICATIONS.

SELF CULTURE. >

‘ihe Christmas number of this ably ) edited and useful publication is unusu-lly interesting and instructive. The Seamy Side of tbe Empire Ly Goldwin Smith re- minds Brivsb readers that Brivish « Idi-s are not all human ard t'st while there is much to be proud of in their exploits th. re are also so:e actions '0 be asiiam-d of lo “ibe Netives New Depariure,” H. E. Belin regards with apxie y the movement towards expension the desire for conquest and toe lu-t for flocd, andsays: As citi~ zeus Of & republic it becomes us to be specia ly watcbful in this regard, for it has been well said, “thecretically the most pei~ fect of ell forms ef hus» man government, 4% republic requires, teyoud avy other,th? presence of certain condisions—intciligeace and virtue of the peoyle—to prescive it from being practically the wor-t.” There is also an word in Season tothe ‘“‘Stay at Home,Voter” which is well worthy of con. sideratio 1— besi'es ou her articles dealing with problems of ihe lvng preseuta. SCRIBNER’s,

This isa jhighiy artistic and beaut ful cumter Of one of Our most readable montblies. The mo-t notable article for December is eatiiled ‘John Ruaskia ae an artist, and deals with the theories” teach ings and limitations, a3 well 4s the actual art work of England’s greatart aubr But the article wheh wil be wert carefully read in tLis part of the world is by Joseph Cham berlain—our Joseph — and is. entiikd “ Recent dev lipments of policy in the United States ant tieir relations to an An; lo-American Alliance.” The “Fall cf Manila,” by Ca tain B-ntlev Mott, is also an interesting rti:';and @ puniber as a whole has many atiractions for the impartic 1 reader of good things.

GRIPSACK,

A holiday school number of Gripsack has been issued. Its illust-ations of N w Brunswick se<nery aod New Bren wick’s schools are cap tal and the letter prese va: x

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