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Show DEMAND TOR LOUSTCnS. Bl llnatlrrl Tons "I 1lit.ni K-nl to I un.H. Despite tho fact that tho lobster Is craning to scarce that tho demand la no hardly met during ten months of illc")car aud cannot be supplied In "'rtruary and March, a steamer sailed frroi i Halifax, N S, ono of the few arsourn.storithsMmsr'iaairaarktst,' recently, carrying to Havre !5,000 cases, weighing COO tons nnd valued at over 11(0,000 Tho foreign dcmanl for this mitaceun It increasing prodigiously, ays tho Now ork l'fonlng Post mak-ng mak-ng still further demands upon tho upply source Three years agu lobster lob-ster at 10 cents a pound was considered consid-ered expcnslte tho cheapest price It brings today s doublo that sum The reason assigned for tho heavy urdera from abroad la tho presenro of numbers num-bers of Americans In I'uropo at this time. It Is Imposslblo to ship live lob-Iters lob-Iters to Kurope for ccn In the Journey Jour-ney from Portland, Mo to this city, from 10 to 20 per cent ot those shipped In barrels tho usual way aro dead then they arrlo In the markets 1 or ixpurt, lobsters nro canned The demand de-mand for lobsters In Now "lurk nt present exceeds tho supply Tho ronton ron-ton for this Is that the lobster Is mado the basis of ono of tho most di Melons ahds, nnd In tho summer every ono mMs It The government Is trying to berk the growing "canity by mfort tK strict laws ngardlng the site and selght, nnd by stocking soutlurn and stttcrn waters Portland Me pro luces tho best nnd most delicate lob-iters, lob-iters, and most ot thoso consumed In "lew York, but It cannot t,lve enough tow for this market |