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be sold to defray expenses, as we hope to make the hatching 

 house a self-supporting institution. This, we think, can be 

 accomplished, as the expenses are by no means large. 



One thousand of the ova obtained were found to be bar- 

 ren, and on our representing the fact to Messrs. Dexter & 

 Cooledge, they at once made the deficit good, and they have 

 our sincere thanks for their promptitude in all our dealings 

 with them. 



SALMON. 



On the 11th of February, Mr. Samuel Wilmot, the super- 

 intendent of the Canadian salmon hatching establishment, 

 located at Newcastle, Ontario, arrived here with nine 

 thousand impregnated salmon ova. They were placed at 

 once in the hatching boxes at Poneganset, under the per- 

 sonal supervision of Mr. Wilmot, and are expected to hatch 

 about the first week in March. This supply we deem suf- 

 ficient for the present, until the fish-way question is settled. 

 Should the fish-ways go up, a fresh lot of ova will be ob- 

 tained next year, and the supply kept up until the fish are 

 of a growth to propagate their species naturally in the 

 streams where they are placed (about three years). In a 

 natural state, the young salmon do not go down to the ocean 

 the first year; we shall therefore arrange to keep these 

 young fry until they are of a size to protect them somewhat 

 from the pickerel, and a year from this coming spring give 

 them their liberty. 



It was suggested by Mr. Wilmot, in order to allow the 

 public to witness the operation, that a few salmon and trout 

 ova should be hatched in the city, and through the courtesy 

 of Messrs. Dewing & Monsell, an inexpensive apparatus was 

 placed in their fish market on Exchange place, and a few 

 salmon and trout ova placed therein. A small stream from 

 the new water works was passed through the box, and at 



