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Matxe forbids taking or possession of trout less than five inches long. 



Michigan forbids taking or possession of trout or grayling less than six 

 inches long. 



New Hampshire forbids taking or possession of trout less than five inches 

 long. 



New Jersey forbids taking or possession of trout less than six inches, bass 

 seven inches lono-. 



New York forbids taking or possession of trout less than six inches, bass 

 three-quarters of a pound. 



Pennsylvania forbids taking or possession of bass less than six inches, trout 

 :five inches, pickerel six inches. 



Vermont forbids taking or possession of bass less than ten inches, trout six 

 inches long. 



Wisconsin forbids taking or possession of bass or pickerel less than 1 lb 

 (not to be sold). 



Wyoming forbids taking or possession of trout less than six inches. 



New Brunswick forbids taking or possession of bass less than 2 lb. 



Transportation of brook trout from forest preserves not permitted in 

 New York. 



No Capture of trout for sale permitted in Michigan or Oregon. 



The Planting of pike, pickerel, bass or other predaceousi fish in waters 

 not previously containing such fish is forbidden in New York, Maine, Minnesota' 

 New Hampshire and some other States. 



COMMISSIONERS, WARDENS, PROTECTORS AND OTHER OFFICIALS 

 CHARGED SPECIALLY WITH ADMINISTRATION OR ENFORCE- 

 MENT OF LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OR MULTIPLICATION 

 OF GAME AND FISH. 



Thirty-six States of the Union have Fish Commissions, whose main purpose 

 is to propagate fish artificially and restock public waters. The cost of the ser- 

 vices is borne by the State treasuries, and this appropriation of money appears to 

 be universally popular. These Commissions commonly maintain hatcheries' 

 from which fry or young fish are distributed at the puljlic expense. The ;;reat 

 success attending fish-propagation is known to the Ontario Commission generally, 

 and need not be particularly illustrated in the present memorandum. One 

 point, however, may be particularly noted, viz : that the free distribution of 

 trout fry, as in Michigan and New York, appears a main cause of the popularity 

 of the Commissions, from which popularity the State grant comes re^^ularly and 

 increases from year to year. The Michigan Commission, whose service is admir- 

 able in all respects, has restocked many depleted waters, and caused trout to 

 abound in hundreds of streams and over vast areas where no trout were ever 

 found before the Commission's work began. The trout- work gives universal 

 satisfaction ; the people all seem to know the facts and to be proud of them. 

 Ontario has hundreds and probably even thousands of depleted streams that 



