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short the aiding of " every endeavor to further the fishing-interests." 

 Such a programme means the establishment of an institution to work 

 in each of these directions, and the organization of special societies or 

 committees for the better carrying-out of all these objects. It will there- 

 fore be of great importance that this society should be joined by men of 

 all classes throughout the country, so that no special interest or no 

 special knowledge be excluded. 



The whole question therefore becomes one of great importance to the 

 entire country j and it is quite natural that the programme has not en- 

 tered into any details as regards the carrying-out of the many different 

 objects of the society. The society will probably organize very soon, 

 and when it has once become an accomplished fact, we have no doubt 

 that the plans for work will be laid out with that efficiency which may 

 be expected from the signers of the notice and the classes of society 

 which they represent. The work will then progress with that energy 

 and caution which the great and national importance of the question 

 demands. 



In pointing once more to this notice and its important object, we con- 

 sider any further recommendation superfluous, and would merely say in 

 conclusion, that this question concerns a matter of the most vital interest 

 to our whole country. 



