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have deposited tlieir ova on fords v^ithin the 

 new passage, and thousands of smolts are 

 migrating from Mask to the sea, April, 

 1863. 



These are great results. The reader may 

 like to know what is the cost of the artificial 

 hatching of these fish. Mr. Ashworth tells 

 me, the total cost of placing the seven Jiimdred 

 and seventy tJioiisand salmon eggs in the fish 

 nests or hatching boxes, and of transport- 

 ing the salmon, has been eighteen "pounds, in 

 addition to the regular and weekly cost of 

 his staff of water-bailifis and workmen. 



In order that the reader may appreciate 

 what the actual bulk of these 770,000 salmon 

 ova would be, if all collected together, I 

 would beg to mention that my ingenious- 

 minded friend, J. Lowe, Esq., has calculated 



