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And we recommend a course which will encourage and stimulate greater in- 

 terest and larger expenditures in this great work by the several bordering States, 

 and at the samtj time, increased interest in the subject by the United States Fish 

 Commission. 



Resolved, Further, that this body earnestly approves of the action of con- 

 gress in making an appropriation for the establishment of a hatching station on 

 or near the St. Lawrence river for the propagation of white fish and other com- 

 mercial fish ; and of the purpose of the United States Fish Commissioner to carry 

 out the provisions of that appropriation; and w^e see nothing in this movement 

 that can in any degree interfere with the jurisdiction of the States in the premises, 

 or to affect in any way unfavourably the work of the States in the protection, 

 multiplication and distribution of valuable food fishes. 



Resolved, That if a practical agreement can be had in regard to the pro- 

 visions of laws for the regulation of the fisheries of the international watere, it is 

 nevertheless not practicable by reason of the ditferences in territorial extent and 

 mode of legislative procedure, to settle upon precise statutory provisions in rela- 

 tion thereto, which shall apply to all ; and therefore it is recommended that each 

 Dominion, Province, and State representation make such recommendation touching 

 its particular jurisdiction as shall apply to the ease; leaving to each representative 

 to frame the matter into a law according to the forms and circumstances, for the 

 action of the proper legislative body. — Carried. 



Moved by Mr. Ford : 



Resolved, That we recommend to the Fish Commissioners of Canada the adop- 

 tion of the following resolution for the St. Lawrence river, v-iz. : That we ask of 

 the Canadian Fish Commissioners a prohibitory law that will prohibit the use of 

 •all kinds of nets in the Canadian waters of the St. Lawrence river the same as 

 the New York State codification bill now recommends ; we also ask of them to 

 include the same time for their close season on the St. Lawrence river for all 

 kinds of game fish that the above named codification bill recommends. — Carried. 



(Extract from Union and Advertiser, Rochester, Nov. 11th.) 



TRIP TO CALEDONIA. 



FOOD FISH COMMITTEE V^ISITED THE STATE HATCHERIES 



Names of the Gentlemen Pakticipating. — Interesting Facts in Relation to 

 Food Fish. — Close op the Session. — Resolutions Adopted this Morning. 



Soon after 9:15 o'clock this morning a special train drew out of the Buffalo, 

 Rochester & Pittsburg railroad depot on West Avenue. On board were A. G. 

 Yates, the president of the road, with a number of gentlemen as guests, including 

 members of the committee on protecting the fish of the Great Lakes and several 



