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ESTABLISHED 1878. Z 4 g i VOL. XXIV, No. 19 CLEVELAND -- MAY 9, 1901-- CHICAGO. $2.00 Per Year. 5c. Single Copy FISHERIES OF CANADA. The fisheries industry is one of great importance in the Dominion of Canada. The amount of capital invested in the industry last year exceeded that of the previous year by $289,743, and 719 more men were engaged in the work. No less than 79,863 men were occupied in 1900 in exploiting the waters of Canada, using 5.506,760 fathoms of nets and other fishing gear, representing a capital of $10,000,000. The salmon-preserving industry of British Columbia, com- prising 69 canneries and representing a capital of $1,380,000, gives employment to 18,977 hands. The total catch of fish in Canada for the year 1899, as re- ported by the fisheries department, amounted to $21,891,706, being an increase of $2,250,000 over the yield of the previ- ous year. The catch for the Province of Quebec was worth $1,953,134, an increase over the preceding year of $191,694. The lobster plant alone is estimated to be worth $1,334,- 180. It comprises 858 canneries, dispersed on the seaboard of the maritime Provinces. The sealing fleet last year numbered 37 vessels, an increase of II over the previous year, and representing an aggregate of 2,641 tons register. The total number of fur-seal skins taken by Canadian sealers during the year 1900 was 35,523. This result is larger by 177 skins than that of 1899, which in its turn largely exceded the catches of 1898 and 1897. Al- though the catch of 1900 is slightly in excess of that of 1899, the average catch per vessel would show a falling off if com- parison were confined to these two specific years. Manufactured seal-skin goods have largely advanced in price in the Montreal market, and the profits of retail deal- ers are said to be very high. They can be purchased in the United States quite as cheaply as in Canada, for the reason that retail dealers here are content with smaller profits. So far as can be learned, there have been no complaints of transgressions of the law or regulations by the sealers last year; nor have any complications arisen through the ap- plication of the law affecting the business.’ SBR aie ee Se Peer THE WORLD’S SHIPBUILDING. England still holds the first rank among the nations of the world in the building of commercial ships. It is shown in Lloyd’s register of British and Foreign shipping that from the shipbuilding yards of the United Kingdom 1,442,- 47t tons of ships were turned out last year, against 861,692 tons turned out by all the other nations combined. If war vessel are added, the respective amounts are 1,510,835 and 1,053,792. In the last three years, however, foreign coun- tries have doubled their output, while England has only in- creased hers by 50 per cent. Among other nations, the United States last year built 358,557 tons; Germany 260,751 tons; and France, 165,348 tons. Next came Italy, where, through State premiums, 67 522 tons left the stocks. Ger- many turned out the largest ship—the Deutschland, with 16,502 tons—while four other steamers had each a tonnage of over I0,000 tons. England built eight big ships, four of them being 12,coo tons each and the Minnehaha 13,403 tons. France is making no headway with steamers, but, in conse- quence of subsidies, her sailing fleet increases, whereas E1- gland no longer pays attention thereto. me er FOR A NAVAL RESERVE. The Navy Department feels encouraged over the prospects of obtaining from Congress favorable legislation on the bill for the establishment of a Naval Reserve. The great im- portance of having a well equipped and drilled force upon which the Navy could rely in time of necessity is apparent to any one cognizant of the workings of the Navy and of its great need for a larger trained enlisted personnel. Although we have before outlined the bill as introduced last session for the Naval Reserve, it would be interesting to again glance at some of its salient features. The Naval Reserve is planned to consist of not less than 5,000 men, taken from the present Naval Militia and from the merchant marine. Lieutenant- Commander Southerland, who has complete charge of the organization of the reserve forces, is of the opinion that not less than 1,500 men could be obtained from the Naval Militia forces, and the remaining 3,500 from the merchant marine and kindred organizations. The idea is to have the Naval Reserve under the exclusive control of the Federal Govern- ment, and not, asis the case with the Naval Militia, under State supervision and control. The menin the Reserve would be given actual training on Government ships of war, and would also be equipped by the Government with two suits of clothing. During the cruises the officers and men would receive the pay of their grades. The names of the officers would be carried on the Naval Register.—Army and Navy Journal. ee i THE EXPORT GRAIN TRADE. For the first time the Grand Trunk is now quoting export rates from its lake ports to Europe. The Grand Trunk in- tends taking a large share of the export grain trade, which has gone heretofore by other routes. Most of the grain will be transshipped from lake vessels to cars at Midland, and then transshipped from cars to ships at Portland, Maine. Twelve cargoes of grain have already cleared for Midland. Between the competition of the Grand Trunk and Canada- Atlantic the Welland canal is likely to have but a small amount of traffic this season in the export grain trade. rr me ee INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY LINE. Mr. W. F. King, Chief Astronomer and International Boundary Commissioner, Canada, has completed arrange- ments for sending out a staff of men to re-survey part of the ‘parallel of latitude which constitutes the boundary line be- tween Canada and the United States. The work will com- mence in abont three weeks’ time, and will probably ex- tend over a number of years, as it can only be prosecuted in the summer time. As head of the Canadian surveying staff Mr. King is sending out Mr. James J. McArther and Mr. F. W. O'Hara. A special study will be made of the botani- cal features of the boundary, and Mr. James M. Macoun, Assistant Dominion Naturalist, has been commissioned to superintend this work. A considerable staff of men will be engaged. The line to be surveyed approximates 400 miles in length. a te THE OTTAWA AND GEORGIAN BAY CANAL. Mr. E. E. Sawyer, C. E., of London, England, who repre- sented an English syndicate which is prepared to build the Ottawa and Georgian Bay canal, addressed a meeting of the railway committee at Ottawa, recently. He describes the canal route, which includes French river, Lake Nipissing and the Ottawa river, and declared that by it the distance from Chicago to Montreal was only five miles longer than from Chicago to Buffalo. Hesaid present plans provide for fifty locks on the canal, but he was confident he would be able to reduce this number by fifteen or twenty. He said there was only 32 miles of canaling on the route. He estimated that by the canal, grain could be taken from Chicago to Montreal for three cents per bushel, while via Buffalo the lowest cost at which grain could be placed in New York would be 4% cents. The canal route from Chi- cago to Montreal, a seaport, would b2 sixteen hours longer in time than to Buffalo; In this connection he read a letter from the Armours, of Chicago, saying that if such a rate could be offered the canal would get as much business as it could handle. ASTRONOMICAL DATA FOR MAY. Astronomical data for May, 1901, furnished the MARINE RECORD by the Washburn observatory: Mercury and Venus will both appear as evening stars the latter part of the month. The former will pass through su- perior conjunction May 14th, while the latter has just passed. the sun in the same direction, from west to east, and later will shine forth as the brilliant evening star, setting at the same point of the horizon as the sun. Mars is the brilliant red planet seen in the western sky in the evening near the bright star Regulus. Jupiter and Saturn form an interest- ing pair of planets in the morning sky, but the former is by far the more brilliant. They rise in the south-eastern horizon in the late evening, and are the most conspicuous in the southern sky in the early morning. The times of sunrise and sunset at Milwaukee for the month are as follows: SUNRISE. SUNSET. Mayes vacua eer ae ee AlAGr. ti esek Mees wee 6:52 May STi ee wan eeaden ere Asoo ica rac aeci ees 7:03 MAY PQs eee enn een ee QiDg rere Carre 7:14 May 30; sia certanten nes A516) GSR eae eae 7:22 The times of the moon’s phases are: Bullmooni acon 1 ak May. 32s 0 ee 12:19 p. m. Third) quarter. 44:00 3. MIR Y IT ssh sig ein cien © 8:38 a.m. New, Moon ss cae avn May oo copra Be oe ace 11:38 p. m, First quarter............ May cOA Siiiiecte nes ait. II:40 p.m. The principal fixed stars visible during the month in the evening hours are: To the west: Capella, Castor and Pollux, Procyon and Regulus. To the east: Spica and Arcturus. There will be a total eclipse of the sun May 17th, which will not be visible at all in this part of the world, but for which several parties have left this country to make observations. The shadow of totality will start on the earth’s surface a little south-west of Madagascar, and travel north-easterly across the Indian ocean until it strikes the west coast of Sumatra on or near which the greatest duration of totality will occur, 6m. 27s. The shadow will cross Sumatra and swing around to a south-easterly course, crossing the south- ern part of Borneo and that of New Guinea, and will leave the earth at a point in the Pacific ocean north-east of Austra- lia. The entire journey will occupy 3h. 12m. The unus- ually long duration of the eclipse makes it especially valua- ble for observation. The time of day at or near the point of longest duration, where the United States Government party will be stationed, will be 12h. om. p. m., and the date May 18th; but owing to the difference of longitude, the same in- stant in the central United States will be May 17, 11:35 p.m. —— oo oo NAVAL RESERVE DRILL. Plans have been completed for the summer outing and training cruise of the Naval Reserves. The Cleveland training ship Hawk, with the Yantic of the Detroit Naval Reserves and the U. S. S. Michigan, will meet at Put in-Bay on July 9, and will put in the time until July 15 in practice drill and training. Gov. Bliss, of Michigan, has already signified his intention of being present and invitations have been sent to Gov. Nash and the Secretary of the Navy. At the close of the training crnise the Detroit and Cleve- land Reserves will sail for Buffalo and take in the Pan- American exposition. It is expected that the crews will re- ceive very beneficial experience during their cruise. The assembling of these three war vessels and possibly the U. S. training ship Dorothea of the Illinois Naval Re- serves will be the first instance of a naval fleet on the lakes since the war of 1812. Assoon as assembled, the entire fleet will be under the command of the captain of the Michi- gan, and some very valuable lessons in navy tactics will be driiled into the ambitious sailor youths,