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beds. Hatch-houses and fish-farms were established at New- 

 castle, Ontario, at the Miramichi River, and at other places. 

 The most remarkable success attended the first-named from 

 the outset. It was located on Wilmot's Creek, under the 

 supervision of S. Wilmot, Esq. In the fall of 1866, he com- 

 menced with half a dozen salmon, the only remnant of those 

 that escaped extermination in the creek. From this slen- 

 der stock he obtained about 1,500 ova, which he placed in 

 his hatching-house. The fry obtained were nurtured a 

 proper time, and placed in the stream. He repeated an- 

 nually the operation of securing all the ova he could get 

 from returning salmon. In 1870 the number had increased, 

 so that 300 salmon and grilse could b'e seen at one view in 

 his reception-house. It was filled literally to overflowing. 

 Over and above the fish in the building, it was believed by 

 many that there was a still greater number in the stream 

 below. In 1870, one hundred and fifty thousand young fry 

 Avere let loose from this establishment. Upwards of three 

 hundred thousand ova were hatched in the winter of 1871. 

 Mr. Wilmot claims these salmon to be the "giants of their 

 race," and he says ninety -six salmon were in the reception- 

 house at one time, and seventy-nine of them measured be- 

 tween thirty -five and forty inches in length. In good con- 

 dition they would have weighed between thirty and forty 

 pounds each. 



The Canadian Government extended its labors from time 

 to time, as the system developed. Additional breeding ap- 

 paratus was placed at Trout Creek, Moisie Eiver, on the 

 Lower St. Lawrence. Seven different salmon-farms were 

 located at rivers of Lake Ontario in 1870, and salmon have 

 been netted in that lake near Wilmot's Creek in considerable 

 numbers the past year (1872). There are also four trout 

 establishments on Lake Ontario. Several rivers in New 

 Brunswick have been set apart for natural and artificial 

 propagation, and will soon teem with salmon as of yore. 

 The valuable waters of the Schoodics have been opened 



