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Show Sale of Provincial Fishing Leases. A more representative company of A mart can and Canadian sportsmen has probably never before assembled In Canada than thai present in the l'aruanient house at guchoc. teoently at th sale of provincial fishing lenses. The receipts front sales of annual rtutall were nearly double those heretofore received by the government, although many of tin Labrador salmon rivers advertised for sal wero withdrawn nt tho ujaait price. This ll due to the difficulty of reaching them and to the little that is definitely known of them, though they are believed to be well stocked with 0th. Bom of thm are quite small, however, and a fow are known to havs cataracts near their estuaries, while the fishing rights In th lower six miles of all of them aro disputed by th proprietors of the Mignan Siguora, nud so the little Mocatina, the Kcgaslika, tho tVa-ooachoo, tVa-ooachoo, and others thereabouts failed to sell, and those that were sold were prlncllly taken by Judge Dugaa, of Montreal, and J. O. A. Creighton, who occupied several Weeks last summer in exploring the northern coast down as far as the H traits of Belle Isle. Mr. Creighton paid eoo for tho Etauuunion, tillC for lbs Waabcecoota, aud ttt for Uis Maul-tou. Maul-tou. Judgo Dugas gave fjeo for Margaret aud bibuumoa and t'li for NubUippi. Considerable dissatisfaction has been e pressed at the private sale of the best rivers, such as Grand Coscapedia, Metapodla, Bum-qui Bum-qui and Counajuil to the governor general audBlr Ceome Stophen. The Grand Ca capudiu is perhaps the finest salmon stream Iu th world, and th governor general pays oulytlayer for " Four out of the Mr sections of the Restlgoueh offered sold for blgher .mount than hrMofors naid. |
