J. PISCICULTURE AND THE FISHERIES. 457 



and "Brown" "No. 3." The law provides that the act is 

 not to apply to fish landed in the Dominion in American ves- 

 sels to be reshipped to the United States, unless at the spe- 

 cial desire of the owners of such fish. Halifax Chronicle. 



EATE OF GROWTH IX TEOUT. 



It is stated that the experiment of Mr. George Shepard 

 Page, of marking some of the large trout in Rangely Lake, 

 with a view of determining their rate of growth, has borne 

 practical fruit; and that a fish which in 1870 was labeled as 

 weighing half a pound, proved to have attained two and a 

 quarter pounds when taken in 1873, showing that it had in- 

 creased about one and three-quarter pounds in three years. 



RECENT FISHERY AND GAME LAWS OF THE OHIO LEGIS- 

 LATURE. 



The Ohio Legislature, at its last session, made several en- 

 actments of considerable interest in connection with the sub- 

 ject of fishes and fish-culture in that state, among them a gen- 

 eral law in reference to the formation of companies for the 

 purpose of propagating fishes and establishing fisheries. This 

 provides that a certificate shall be made out, giving the name 

 of the company, the j^lace where the fishery is to be located, 

 and the amount of capital stock necessary to establish, finish, 

 and equip the same. The stock of the company is to be di- 

 vided into shares of not less than five dollars each, and to 

 consist of such sum as shall be specified in the certificate, 

 more or less. The association shall have permission to make 

 such rules and regulations for its government as it may deem 

 best fix the number and character of its officers, prescribe 

 the time of their election, and make any other regulations 

 necessary for the objects of the organization ; and it is enact- 

 ed that whenever any such company shall acquire the right 

 to use any stream, canal, or reservoir for the establishment 

 of a fishery for the purpose of propagating fish, it shall be 

 unlawful for any person to fish therefrom without the author- 

 ity of the company, any violation to be met by the fines pro- 

 vided for trespass. Navigable streams and the public ca- 

 nals of the state are, however, excepted from this provision, as 

 also any waters which, by custom or usage, have been em- 

 ployed heretofore for the purpose of fishing therein. 



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