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held by the Board of Trade, under the supervision of 

 Professor Huxley. The evidence which was given, not 

 only from the fishermen, but the salesmen, was so con- 

 vincing as to the effect of the order being to increase the 

 supply to four or five times what it was previous to the 

 order being passed, that the Board of Trade had now 

 passed an order putting a stop to the practices which were 

 in vogue for ten years, and the fishermen had made up 

 their minds that they would endeavour to get a local 

 Act passed to put a stop entirely to the breaking up of 

 small crabs. That showed what could be done in a small 

 district, and he hoped it would be carried out throughout 

 the country. 



Mr. BRADY had much pleasure in seconding the resolu- 

 tion. He did not know that there was any question 

 more interesting than that of crab and lobster fisheries, 

 unless it was the artificial cultivation and production of 

 salmon and trout. He quite agreed with Mr. Saville Kent 

 on the great importance which would be derived from 

 the artificial cultivation of these fish in the same way as 

 salmon and trout, but he did not follow him so far as to 

 think that the same instruments or conveniences could 

 be used for one as were used for the other, inasmuch 

 as one must be carried on near the sea, and the other 

 far inland. With regard to the crayfish, he agreed with 

 him it could be done, but that was only a matter of 

 detail. He feared, however, it would be like other matters 

 which were for the public good, that it would be hopeless 

 to expect private individuals to undertake it. This 

 subject, along with the artificial propagation of the better 

 species of fish, and, probably, eventually they might come 

 to that, was a matter which concerned the State more 



