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to permit of his erecting a suitable hatchery in which to pro- 
secute his experiments on a moré extensive scale. The first 
salmon hatchery, built in 1870, was located on Wilmot’s creek, 
near the village of Newcastle, Ontario. In this building a 
number of hatching troughs were placed, in which were laid the 
impregnated ova, each trough being fed by a small stream of 
water supplied from a large tank or reservoir placed at one end 
of the building. Previous to this time Mr. Wilmot’s experi- 
ments had been confined to comparatively small numbers of ova, 
but now, having increased space and better facilities, he was 
anxious to deal with hundreds of thousands of them. By the 
most determined effort and diligent labour, he succeeded in_ pro- 
curing about 250.000 ova. Having been very successful in 
hatching this number and depositing them in several of the 
rivers in the vicinity of the hatchery, additional means were fur- 
nished him still further to increase the facilities for carrying on 
the work. The then Minister of Marine aud Fisheries being 
convinced of the great utility of the scheme, decided to carry the 
work into the Maritime Provinces, where the most valuable fish- 
eries existed. He accordingly, in the year 1872, had $20,000 
placed in the estimates for the year for fish breeding and fish 
ways, and in 1875 was completed the first hatchery built in 
these Provinces. This was situated on the far famed Resti- 
gouche river, the boundary between the Provinces of Quebec and 
New Brunswick. During this year another hatchery was com- 
menced at Gaspe in the Province of Quebec, and still another on 
the Miramichi in New Brunswick. In 1874 these three estab- 
lishments were fully completed, and each year since they 
have turned out their quota of salmon and other fish. En- 
couraged by the success attending these hatcheries, the Fish- 
erles Department in 1875 extended the work to Nova Scotia, 
and erected on the Sackville river, at the head of Bedford 
Basin, another establishment. This hatchery was located by 
Mr. Samuel Wilmot who had previously been appointed super- 
intendent of Fisheries for the Dominion, and was completed and 
opened by Mr. A. B. Wilmot, one of the oldest apprentices at the 
work. Mr. A. B. Wilmot’s extensive and varied experience gained 
