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of which the Chairman represented, had done a great deal 

 towards the culture of coarse fish. Preservation meant culture 

 to a great extent, and the splendid takes of trout registered 

 in the Thames during the present season, of a grand total 

 quite unprecedented, might be considered to be due entirely 

 to preservation. There were some grounds therefore to go 

 upon. The Marquis of Exeter had done something towards 

 the acclimatisation of the bass, and others had acclimatised 

 other kinds of fish. Notwithstanding what Mr. Geen had said 

 he still believed it was as possible to cultivate the carp and 

 tench in ponds, lakes, or rivers, as the perch. The first 

 thing wanted was that the public mind should be educated 

 on this question, and such papers as that now read and as 

 had been read at angling clubs during the past winter, would 

 prepare the ground for the seed which would be sown. 

 The next thing wanted would be the sinews of war, and 

 with regard to that he would only say that Mr. Oldham 

 Chambers would be very happy to receive cheques or con- 

 tributions, and it would then be for those who had sub- 

 scribed to the society and supported it to complain if it did 

 not make some progress towards realising what had been 

 promised. 



Mr. CRUMPLEN wished to add a word or two with regard 

 to the breeding boxes which had been described by Mr. 

 Marston, and had been used by several anglers. The 

 Fisheries Society resolved to take up the question, and a 

 certain number of the Lund breeding boxes were dis- 

 tributed. One which was tried at Ponders End had proved 

 a perfect success, but he differed from Mr. Geen when he 

 said it was artificial, there was nothing artificial about it 

 beyond this, that it rendered assistance to nature ; and if 

 you gave other fish the same assistance it might not be in 

 a box but if you provided proper receptacles, and placed 



