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DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES 



No. 10 



TABLE I. 

 RED BLOOD CORPUSCLE COUNT 



TABLE II. 

 HEMOGLOBIN PERCENTAGE 



REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL AND FISH CULTURE BRANCH 



From 1925 to the present time condiserable progress has been made by 

 the Department along fish cultural lines. During this period we see the 

 formation and growth of a "Biological and Fish Culture Branch", as a 

 component part of the Department, formed for the purpose of unifying 

 science and practice on a proper working basis. We see the rise of trout 

 rearing stations, established for the purpose of rearing fingerling and 

 yearling trout; this part of the Branch's programme has been more than 

 successful and work of this nature is no longer in the experimental stage. 

 We note also the successful culture of black bass in ponds, due mainly to 

 the satisfactory propagation of their forage ; the culture of lake trout 

 fingerlings; the biological survey of waters in advance of stocking to deter- 

 mine their suitability and the practical possibilities of lake and stream 

 improvement; the assignment of all important fisheries' problems to scien- 

 tific inquiry; a drive to develop each hatchery to its maximum capacity 

 with the species of fish most suitable for it; rapid transportation of fish 



