AMERICAN EIYEE FISHERIES. 



THE Commissioners of Fisheries have kindly 

 presented me with a copy of their Report, 

 1868, for the States of Maine, New Hamp- 

 shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Con- 

 necticut. 



As the Report consists of 50 pages, I regret 

 that I can only make the following extracts. 



The State has made annual grants for the 

 improvements of their fisheries, arid for 

 making " fish ways " over the weirs and dams, 

 and has also provided laws for the protection 

 of the fish, artificial breeding, and the con- 

 struction of fish ways by millowners. 



The United States have wisely followed 

 the example of the French Government, for 

 the improvement of their fisheries, as the fol- 

 lowing extracts will show : 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



REPORT, 



To His Excellency the Governor and Honorable Council. 



The Commissioners of Fisheries, appointed under 

 chapter 238 of the Acts of 1866, beg leave respect- 

 fully to present their Second Annual Report. 



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