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blishments and report upon them, with a view to make 

 known what they were doing, it would be a good thing. 

 He had for some years past endeavoured to possess 

 himself of the Reports of the Canadian and United States 

 Commissioners, and had obtained from them very valuable 

 information ; and he thought we in this country ought to 

 learn a lesson from Canada and the United States. 



Mr. MILNE HOME then proposed a vote of thanks to the 

 Chairman, which was carried unanimously. 



The CHAIRMAN, in response, thought the pith of what 

 had been said was, that they should all use their best 

 endeavours to induce Government to assist in the pro- 

 pagation of fish and in the increase of the number of 

 salmon in this country. Out of evil often came some little 

 good, a.nd he thought the circulation of the documents 

 which had been referred to, instead of doing harm, had 

 brought out more clearly the great success which had 

 attended the artificial propagation of fish. 



