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senting the people upon Buzzard's Bay, to submit the other 

 side of the question in the form of the remarks which I shall 

 leave with the proper officer. I do not feel that it would be 

 desirable at this late hour, even if your patience extended 

 so far, to weary you with the citations and authorities Avhich 

 are necessary to sustain our idea of what the interests of the 

 farmers require with regard to this matter of fish. There 

 is, however, I may say, an eftbrt which has been made to 

 place it before the farmers of the Commonwealth as a matter 

 where the interests of the farmers are conflicting with the 

 interests of sportsmen or dudes or dilettanti, individuals 

 who come down to our section for the purpose of residing 

 upon our shores. 



Now, that is not the case. For thirty years, ever since 

 185(3, the waters in Buzzard's Bay have received legislative 

 protection from the Commonwealth. They have received 

 it not for the purpose of enabling people to catch fish there 

 for sport, because that was prior to the time when any sport 

 could be had in those waters, and when we had no summer 

 population whatever ; but those waters were protected for 

 the purpose of maintaining a spawning ground, a breeding 

 ground and nursery for young fish. That is the reservoir 

 from which the food supply of the adjacent waters and our 

 waters are recruited, and to-day it is an absolute necessity 

 ■of business that that protection should be maintained. 



Mr. . Mr. Chairman, I would like to make a 



point of order — that these remarks are hardly pertinent to 

 the subject before us. 



Mr. Chamberlayxe. I will then limit my remarks. 



The Chairman. It is getting rather late, so I hope the 



o'entleman will be brief. 



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Mr. Chamberlayxe. Then I will simply say that I would 

 like the privilege of submitting my remarks to the secretary, 

 and having them taken as what I wish to say. 



Secretary Sessions. Certainly, they will be accepted, and 

 if pertinent to the question and of interest to the farmers of 

 the State, they will be used. 



Mr. Chamberlayxe. I think that will meet the views 

 of the gentlemen who raised the point of order. 



Mr. Fexn (of Milford, Conn.). I would like to ask the 



