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ject lesson, at Souris, Prince Edward Island, and it was dem- 

 onstrated that curers might be made independent of foggy and 

 damp weather in the dried fish industry, 



12. Fish offal and dogfish reduction works have also been 

 operated, but the cost of collecting material over wide areas 

 proved serious, though the grinding and preparation of fertil- 

 izers, and the extraction of oil yielded satisfactory products. 

 Loss however resulted each season and the scheme was 

 abandoned. 



13. Oyster culture, the restoration of destroyed beds, 

 and the planting of barren areas, have been carried on under 

 an expert, while scientific experiments by the Biological Board 

 have been continued for some years under such recognized 

 authorities as Prof. R. Ramsey Wright, Dr. J. Stafford, Prof. 

 E. W. MacBride, and Prof. A. D. Robertson, London, Ontario. 

 Lobster culture has also been vigorously pursued by Professor 

 Knight with a view of rearing young lobsters on natural 

 resorts, or recently discovered nurseries, rather than by arti- 

 ficial methods in hatcheries. 



14. A service of fishery cruisers and patrol boats, enforc- 

 ing the fishery regulations, has always formed an important 

 part of the work of administration in Canada. 



15. A system of state-aided transportation services was 

 inaugurated in 1907. From Canso and Halifax, N. S., a fish 

 car ran to Montreal and Toronto, the earnings for the ship- 

 pers being guaranteed up to 2,000 lbs., and also the cost of 

 icing. Three cars also were run weekly on which the Gov- 

 ernment paid one-third express charges for fish. A corre- 

 sponding service has also been tried from the Pacific coast 

 to the prairies. 



16. Last but not least the Federal Government has en- 

 couraged scientific fishery research in various ways, notably 

 by establishing, in 1898, the Biological Board of Canada, 

 which has charge of laboratories or research stations, one 

 being at St. Andrews, on the Bay of Fundy, and another, the 

 Pacific station at Departure Bay near Nanaimo, British Co- 

 lumbia. A station on the Great Lakes ceased operations after 



