'604 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



checked, the enterprise here treated of will come into practice only to a 

 very small extent, and to inappreciably little nse for people in general ; 



BECAUSE ONLY BY PERSONAL, OWNERSHIP, INCONTESTABLE AND 

 FULLY PROTECTED BY LAW, OF THE PROFIT WHICH CAN BE EXPECTED 

 WILL AFFORD SUFFICIENT ENCOURAGEMENT TO PUT THE ENTERPRISE 

 IN THE NECESSARY VIGOROUS PRACTICE IN THE EXTENT TO WHICH 

 OPPORTUNITY IS OFFERED. THE BEST AND LARGEST FIELDS FOR FISH 

 CULTURE, WHICH TO A GREATER OR LESS EXTENT ARE OWNED IN 

 PARTNERSHIP, WILL, WITHOUT SUCH PROTECTION OF THE LAW, BE- 

 COME JUST AS POOR AS THEY AT PRESENT ARE UTTERLY BARREN, BE- 

 CAUSE NO ENCOURAGEMENT TO ARTIFICIAL AND ENERGETIC CULTURE 

 WILL THEN EXIST. PRODUCTION WILL THEN, AS HITHERTO, BECOME 

 DEPENDENT ALONE ON NATURAL CULTURE ; AND THE EXPERIENCE OF 



A THOUSAND YEARS HAS CLEARLY SB.OWN that there IS 710 7iatural pro- 

 duction, however strong and rich this may he, which can stand against the 

 greed of men, when this is not checked by the ])ersonal consciousness of oion- 

 ership. 



