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how to improve, and cultivate the land, will be dis- 

 tinguished in history as the great practical instruc- 

 tor of the age. Go one step further, my Lord, and 

 restore the rivers of Ireland to their former produc- 

 tiveness. Your Excellency, it is well known, takes 

 a deep interest in this subject, and its importance is 

 apparent — the river Foyle alone, before the late 

 Fishery Acts came into operation, increased its pro- 

 duce in three years, (according to parliamentary re- 

 turns,) from 43 tons of salmon per year, to 140 tons. 

 This alone would show the magnitude, and import- 

 ance of the matters at issue. 



On the 8th of this month, Mr. Anstey's Fishery 

 Bill vras thrown out in the House of Commons by a 

 majority of 160, and on the 16th instant a new Bill 

 was brought in, and ordered to be printed. What 

 will be the fate of the present Bill, it may not be 

 proper to inquire, but Sir W. Somerville having de- 

 clared in the House, that further legislation upon 

 the subject was necessary, it is now hoped that the 

 Government will undertake the measure, under your 

 Excellency's auspices. If this be done, effectually, 

 it will add one more, to the benefits your Excellency 

 has already conferred on Ireland, and will complete 

 the circle of her industrial improvement. 



Having, my Lord, for a long period, given to this 

 subject much consideration, and having five and 

 twenty years' experience as a practical salmon fish- 

 er, I have been recommended by those to whose 

 judgments I defer, to bring the whole of this ques- 



