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That various kinds of marketable fish now extinct, or nearly 

 so, in this Commonwealth, have been propagated and raised, arti- 

 ficially, and at small expense, by various experimenters in Europe. 



That there seems no reason why similar experiments should 

 not succeed equally well in this country. 



That they are of opinion that the subject, if properly devel- 

 oped, might prove of great benefit to the community, and is not 

 unworthy the consideration of this Society. 



That the late action of Mr. George Baty Blake, of this city, a 

 life-member of this Society, in petitioning the Legislature for the 

 accomplishment of this object, taken as it was entirely inde- 

 pendently of the Committee, without their knowledge, and with- 

 out knowledge of them, meets their warm commendation, and is 

 highly creditable to that gentleman, both as a business man and 

 as a patron of science. 



That a petition from this Society, in aid of that already sub- 

 mitted to the Legislature, might be of service, as expressing the 

 opinion of the Naturalists of the State. The Committee would 

 therefore recommend such petition, — 



And that the thanks of the Society be given Mr. Blake for 

 the interest he has shown in this subject, and the efforts he has 

 made. 



In accordance with the recommendation of the Com- 

 mittee, a form of petition, submitted by them, was 

 adopted, and ordered to be presented to the Legislature. 



It was also voted — that the thanks of the Society be 

 presented to George B. Blake, Esq., for the interest which 

 he has shown in the subject of the artificial propagation 

 of fish, and for his efforts to have proper measures es- 

 tablished for an experimental investigation into the ques- 

 tion in this State. 



Dr. H. R. Storer, at the request of the President, 

 briefly stated some of the well known facts relative to 

 the artificial propagation of fish. 



The operation of obtaining the ova and milt is very simple, 

 consisting merely in pressing the body of the fish, from the 



PROCEEDINGS B. S.N.H. VOL. V. 23 JULY, 1856. 



