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it does to the north, I do not see any practical way of pre- 

 venting the sale of the wild trout claimed to be domestic 

 trout. It is hard enough as it is to prevent the wild trout 

 being surreptitiously sold ; but if you have this loophole of 

 escape, why we might as well throw up our hands. And the 

 point concerning our province is that the importance of the 

 wild trout is so infinitely greater than the possible import- 

 ance of the trout to the few people who would go in for 

 raising them, that I think until the population is much 

 greater, things had better remain as they are. If, however, 

 you can produce such an excellent system in the different 

 states of this country so that you can actually tag each 

 domestic trout and follow it to its point of sale, it is, of 

 course, the most magnificent system ever evolved ; but I 

 don't think in the wild state that it is feasible. 



Mr. Richard E. Follett, Boston, Mass. : What might 

 apply in the Province of Ontario might not apply in the 

 State of Massachusetts. The domestic trout in the State of 

 Massachusetts are of far more importance than the wild 

 fish from the food standpoint. 



Mr. Titcomb : I do not understand that Mr. Evans op- 

 poses this resolution. Is that correct? 



Mr. Evans : Only that one point of the resolution should 

 be more definite, and that is the point as to the practicability 

 of the enforcement of the regulations under the resolution. 

 I mean to say it is undesirable if it is simply a resolution 

 passed and cited as an argument in favor of introducing the 

 system in a state where we all know practically that exist- 

 ing regulations are not enforced. 



Mr. Titcomb : Under this system I think we can protect 

 our wild trout in any state in the Union better than we can 

 without the system, that is in all states where we have 

 commercial trout hatcheries. I presume it is the same with 

 bass. Several arguments may be advanced. In the first 

 place, if you can provide an abundance of fish in New York 

 where people will have them in spite of all obstacles, if 

 you can provide them trout from a commercial hatchery 



