and statistics, and information of what fishermen should do, 

 would naturally fall to the lot of the Fisheries Commission, 

 and that the returns received from the Fisheries Board would 

 contain accurate information, such as was received from the 

 Commissioners of the United States, Canada, and other 

 countries, and he must confess he was rather surprised to 

 hear the statement made that these annual returns were 

 only approximate, and of a very imperfect character. 



Mr. O. T. Olsen (Grimsby) said that when the late 

 Mr. Buckland was alive he worked in conjunction with him 

 to some extent, and they sent out a log-book for the 

 purpose of gathering information from fishermen them- 

 selves. Since the death of Mr. Buckland he had continued 

 sending out these log-books, some of which were in the 

 exhibition. It was of the greatest importance to get infor- 

 mation from practical men. It appeared to him by the 

 establishment of such a society they would get theoretical 

 knowledge only of fisheries, but by the assistance of fisher- 

 men themselves they would get practical information, such 

 as he had received personally, but which now may appear 

 theoretical. To establish a society for the purpose of 

 carrying out these investigations would, he feared, entail a 

 great deal of expense. He had proposed it more than 

 once, but he saw the difficulty inasmuch as it would be 

 only the members of the society who would have to bear 

 the expense of collecting and distributing information for 

 the welfare of the whole nation. About twelve months ago, 

 Mr. Chambers informed him that a society was to be 

 formed, which afterwards was named the National Fish 

 Culture Association. That name he did not altogether 

 approve of, but considering the objects of the Association 

 as set forth in the prospectus he thought it did not matter 

 much about the name. Would it not be possible to alter 



