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These vessels require continual looking after, and it is 

 very necessary to have something fast to do it with. On the 

 Great Lakes there is continual poaching going on, and the 

 " Petrel " is not fast enough to cope with the United States' 

 fishing tugs. 



On the Atlantic Coast we have a regular system of 

 reporters, this year numbering about 58 stations, who every 

 day report the movements of the United States' fishermen and 

 also the fish, and at what ports, bait and ice can be found, 

 which our fishermen find of great benefit ; more especially 

 this year when bait has been so scarce ; and it means that 

 they simply have to go to the nearest telegraph office, look at 

 the bulletin board which is displayed at every station and find 

 out where bait can be procured. 



Expenditure 



The following table shows the expenditure of the Fishery 

 Branch for the last fiscal year and 1895-6. 



Service Expenditure 



1895-6 1901-2 



Fisheries (proper) $ 96,961 $104,880 



Fish-breeding 38.050 79,891 



FisheriesProtection Serv, 102,021 152,825 



Fishing bounty 163,567 155,942 



Miscellaneous Expe'dit're 20,203 56,131 



Total 420,805 549,670 



Increase $128,865 



NOTE. This increase has taken place notwithstanding 

 that since 1899, the expenditure in the Province of Ontario 

 has decreased by over 80 p. c. and in Quebec by nearly 50 

 per cent, owing to the withdrawing of our local staff of officers 

 in these provinces. 



This pamphlet is submitted to the public with the confident 

 expectation that it will be of interest to those engaged in 

 shipping and others interested in Marine and Fisheries mat- 

 ters. 



RAYMOND PREFONTAINE, 



Minister oj Marine and Fisheries. 

 Ottawa, ist February 1904. 



