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wonderful treasure that lies within our gates we would see it increasing 

 year by year until every year yielded a maximum return. 



I have considered this matter of the salmon fisheries of our West 

 Coast in this place because I have felt that it was not appreciated on this 

 side of the continent to the extent that its importance deserves. It is not 

 merely a local question; it is a matter that affects us materially here on 

 the Eastern seaboard and also, indeed, the lands across the seas. A few 

 additional figures will bring this side of the story home. The total salmon 

 pack of British Columbia in 1905 amounted to 1,167,460 cases, and of 

 this we in Eastern Canada received 152,118 cases, or 7,300,000 pounds. 

 To Great Britain were sent 551,668 cases or 26,500,000 pounds, while 

 Australia and New Zealand received 53,847 cases or 2,500,000 pounds. 

 May we not well say that the preservation and improvement of our West 

 Coast salmon fisheries is an imperial question ? 



University OF Toronto, December i8th, 1909. 



