300 Salmon- Fishing. 



the full advantage of all such researches, and to 

 turn them to practical account in the repopulating 

 of our streams, the Government ought, as suggested 

 by Sir James Maitland in his 'Essay on the 

 Salmon-Disease/ to come to the help of the Fishery 

 Boards, 1 and empower them to obtain loans for the 

 construction of hatcheries on a scale commensurate 

 with the necessity. 



In the interests of all to whom an abundant 

 supply of wholesome fish is a matter of no little 

 importance, I heartily wish the Boards every suc- 

 cess in their endeavours to counteract the ravages 

 of the pestilence ; and in the name of the brethren of 

 the rod, I can confidently promise them our cordial 

 co-operation in every wise effort to replenish and 

 preserve our much-loved streams. 



ber 1884, "young salmon, hatched from the ova taken from a 

 dead fish stricken with salmon-disease, have thriven remarkably 

 well ; and there is a tank of healthy-looking ova taken from a 

 trout after being twenty-four hours dead, and impregnated with 

 the milt of another fully four days dead." 



1 Funds have already been placed by the Treasury at the dis- 

 posal of the Scotch Fishery Board for the scientific investigation 

 of the habits of food fishes ; but from that Board's recently pub- 

 lished Second Annual Keport, it appears that the grant is alto- 

 gether inadequate. 



