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he required. He captured numbers of very large salmon, 

 both in the upper part of the Dovey and at Derwenlas, but 

 all had spawned." 



I have also a clipi>ing from The Times of 18th January, 

 1864, with reference to the ova obtained from the Severn : — 



" Salmon Spawn for Tasmania. — Mr. Youl, who has been 

 deputed by the Tasmanian Government to procure from the 

 English rivers a supply of salmon S2)awn for the purpose of 

 introducing that fish into his own country has, after many 

 difficulties, at last succeeded in obtaining a supply from the 

 Severn, which the Inspectors of Fisheries pronounce one of 

 the best salmon rivers in England. Last week he went down 

 to Worcester, and on Friday a number of fishermen were 

 employed, under the direction of the officers of the United 

 Association for the Protection of the Severn Fisheries, in 

 netting the river near Worcester. The result was that 18 

 salmon were taken, from which five were selected as being fit 

 for the purpose required. These wei*e fish of from 151b. to 

 181b. each, three spawners and two milters just ready to shed 

 their spawn and milt. The fish were kept until Saturday, 

 when the spawn was pressed from them and the milt of the 

 male fish also shed over the spawn, which was dejiosited in a 

 vessel prepared for the purpose. When this was done — and 

 it was accomplished very successfully — the fish were returned 

 to the river apparently none the worse for the operation. 

 The spawn thus impregnated was to be conveyed to London 

 to-day, and will be at once despatched to its destination, a 

 vessel having been detained on its voyage for the purpose. 

 It is hoped that the experiment will be crowned with success. 

 Some interesting facts in connection with the salmon came 

 out in the conduct of this experiment. In a tributary of the 

 Severn — the liver Terne, which falls into the Severn near 

 Worcester — all the fish taken were found to be spent fish. 

 We believe that neither a new river fish nor an unspent fish 

 "was taken. In the Severn out of 18 fish taken several were 

 spent, some were not sufficiently advanced in spawn for the 

 purpose of the experiment, and only two were fresh river fish. 

 The last-named fact at once affords ample proof of the good 

 policy of making January a close month, as it was done under 

 the last Salmon Fisheries Act. In order that the fishermen 

 might perfectly understand the object of the netting on 

 Friday last they were assembled and a local magistrate 

 explained to them that it was only legal to capture salmon for 

 the [lurpose of artificial breeding, and that even if fresli river 

 fish should be taken they must be returned to the water. Tho 

 fishing was witnessed by many." 



Can it be seriously suggested in the face of these extracts 

 that the ova obtained on these occasions was other than that 



