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of its piscine wealth is wholly within its jurisdiction ; but 

 as the southern bank of the river is within the Victorian 

 area the fisherman of Victoria may net the river from his 

 own bank, and unless the New South Wales Inspector 

 happens to be on the spot and has conveniences for taking 

 the portion of the offending fisherman's net, which may be 

 still in the water, he can get off scot free, and in no case 

 can the fisheries inspector touch him if he is on Vic- 

 torian ground. Occasion was taken by the fisheries Com- 

 mission of this Colony to invite the Government of Victoria 

 to assist in putting down this abuse, but the Victorian 

 powers declined to interfere, and so the evil still exists. 

 Better counsels will, however, it is expected, prevail, for as I 

 am writing on this subject, I have had placed in my hands a 

 Victorian paper from which it appears that the fisheries 

 industry is being taken up by the Parliament of that colony, 

 and amongst other proposals it is suggested that the New 

 South Wales Eisheries Inspector ought to be appointed for 

 the Victorian side as well. This suggestion is very similar 

 to the one proposed to Victoria only a short time previously 

 and rejected. 



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One of the first, if not the first, successful attempt to 

 introduce new fish into New South Wales was made in 1888, 

 by Messrs. John Gale and E. Campbell, of Q.ueanbeyan. 

 These gentlemen proceeded to Ballaarat, in Victoria, and 

 obtained from the Acclimatisation Society there three 

 hundred yearling trout from 3 to 5 inches long, eighty 

 English perch, and forty E^ussian carp. By untiring exertion, 

 during a long and tedious journey, occupying over thirty 

 hours, partly by rail and partly by coach, they were successful 

 in reaching Queanbeyan, with all but forty of the fish alive, 

 and the loss of these forty was evidently accidental. The perch 

 and carp were placed in waters near Queanbeyan. About half 

 of the trout yearlings were distributed in the Cotter, Quean- 

 beyan, Molonglo, Yass, and Naas Bivers, and the remainder 

 in the Little River, in the Braid wood District, 34 miles 

 further on, and in stream tributaries of the Snowy lliver, in 

 the Monaro District, 100 miles further on. Subsequent 

 investigations by these enterprising gentlemen go to show 

 that in the Queanbeyan lliver the trout have bred mar- 

 vellously, specimens weighing from 3 lb. to 5-^ lb. having 



